1834.

LAWS OF MARYLAND,

CHAP. 197

and eighty one, the several amounts by the eighth sec-
tion of said act, and the supplements thereto, autho-
rised to be levied on the assessable property of each of
said counties and said city respectively, and the said Levy
Courts, Commissioners, and May or and City Council, are

Absolutely

hereby absolutely required fully and in every respect to com-
ply in future with he terms, conditions and requirements of
the eighth section of the aforesaid act, so long as the same
shall be and remain in force

Where heretofore

neglected

Sec 2 And be it enacted, That it shall be and it is
hereby made the duty of the Levy Court, or Commissioners
of the county, or Mayor and City Council of each and every

heretofore have been regularly and fully levied to levy,
when they shall respectively next levy the annual taxes or
county levy for the county or city purposes of each of said

Now levy with in

terest

Within each county and said city with interest respectively,
the arrears of said tax now due by each of said counties and
said city respectively, agreeably to the provisions of the
aforesaid eighth section of the aforesaid act, and to provide
for the collection and payment over of the same to the
Treasurer of the Eastern or Western Shore, as the case
may be, in the same manner as is prescribed for in the eighth
section of the act aforesaid

Return certificates

of having levied

Sec 3 And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the Levy Court of Commissioners of the county, as the case
may be, of each and every county in this State, and of the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, to forward to the
Treasurer of the Western Shore, within one month after
they shall have respectively levied the tax of dues aforesaid,
certificate that the same has been duly levied, and placed
n the hands of the proper officer for collection

In case of neglect

Sec. 4 And be it enacted, lint it shall be the duty of
the Treasurer of the Western Shore, and he is hereby au-
thorised and required, if there shall not have been received
from the Levy Court or Commissioners of the county, as
he case may be, of each county in this, State, or from the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, a certificate of the
levy of said tax having been made according to the provi-
sions of this act, and of the eighth section of the act of eigh-
teen hundred and thirty one, chapter two hundred and

Treasurer to de-

duct amount

from the school

fund of

eighty one, entitled, an act relating to the people of color
of this State, to deduct, on or before the first day in Decem-
ber, in each and every year, from that portion of the Free
School Fund which may be payable to the county or city