1829.
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. 21
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affirmation of any one of said commissioners
is hereby authorised
to administer, and the said clerk shall be subject to the
same penalties and forfeitures for non performance or neglect
of official duty, as are prescribed by the existing laws, in relation
as well to the several matters and things which the clerk
of the said county court of said county, may be legally directed
and required to perform, under the authority of the levy court,
as likewise to those which appertain to the office of the present
clerk of the commissioners of the tax for said county.
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Vacancy of clerkship.
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Sec. 6. And be it enacted,
That in case of a vacancy occurring
in the office of clerk to the commissioners, as created
by this act, in consequence of death, resignation, removal or
disqualification, the same shall be supplied as soon thereafter
as may be practicable, in the manner prescribed and directed
by the preceding section of this act.
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Compensation.
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Sec. 7. And be it enacted,
That the said clerk of the commissioners,
to be appointed in virtue of this act as aforesaid, [to]
be entitled to receive as compensation for his services, such
sum annually as the commissioners may direct, not exceeding
the sum of three hundred dollars, to be levied on the assessable
property of said county, collected and paid over as the
other county charges.
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Records, books &c.
Penalty.
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Sec. 8. And be it enacted,
That upon the appointment of
a clerk to the commissioners as aforesaid, the clerk of Washington
county court, shall upon demand of the said clerk to the
commissioners, by order of the said commissioners, forthwith
deliver over to the said clerk of the commissioners all books
accounts, papers and documents belonging to, or in any manner
appertaining to the said levy court of said county, and
shall annually, on or before the second Monday of June, furnish
to, and lay before the said commissioners, all copies of
such lists, accounts, papers and documents, as may be useful
and necessary to the said commissioners in ascertaining the
county charges, and according to the directions which he may
from time to time receive from the said commissioners, for
which services he shall have and receive such fees, as by law
he is entitled to, for like services, and in case said clerk of
Washington county court shall neglect or refuse to comply
with any of the provisions or requisitions contained in this act,
when called on by the said commissioners, or the clerk thereof
by their order thereafter, he shall for every such neglect, or
refusal, forfeit and pay the said commissioners for the use of
the said county, the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered
by indictment or action, in Washington county court.
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Apartment—papers,
&c.
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Sec. 9. And be it enacted,
That the commissioners in Washington
county aforesaid, shall have for their use and under
their control, the same room in the court house in Hagerstown,
which is now used by the commissioners of the tax of
Washington county, and they shall be entitled to receive into
their care and charge, all the books, records and papers of the
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