JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1832.

and twelve, entitled, "An act for the valuation of real and
personal property in the several Counties of this State, to
re-value and re-assess the real and personal property in
said County."

CHAP. 139.

Sec, 2. And be it enacted, That the said Commission-
ers be, and they are hereby required to complete the said
assessment, and make return thereof agreeably to the pro-
visions of the before mentioned act, on or before the first

To be completed

by 1st September

of September next, any law to the contrary notwithstand-
ing; and that all county levies shall thereafter be made
from said assessment; Provided nevertheless, and it is here-
by further enacted, That all real and personal property, re-

Levy thereon.

quired to be assessed by this act, shall be valued and as-
sessed at the full value thereof in ready "money, any thing
in any act, to the contrary hereof notwithstanding; and
provided also, that every assessor shall before he enters up-
on the duties of his office, take the following oath, or affir-

Property to be va-
lued at full value.

mation, as the case may be, viz. — I, A. B., do swear or
affirm, that will well and truly execute the duty of an As-
sessor, and will faithfully, justly and impartially value all
the real and personal property which I may be appointed
to value, according to the best of my skill and know-
ledge.

Oath of assessors

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That instead of one Collec-
tor of the County Taxes as now appointed, the Commis-
sioners of Anne Arundel County, shall hereafter appoint
four Collectors, one of whom shall be the Collector of

Four collectors
hereafter to be ap-

pointed.

County taxes in the first and second election districts; and
another shall be the Collector of County taxes in the third
and fourth election districts; and another shall be the Col-
lector of County taxes in the fifth and sixth election dis-
tricts; and another shall be the Collector of County taxes
in the seventh election district of said County; and the

District, assigned.

said Collectors shall give bond with security for the faith-
ful discharge of their duties in the form now prescribed by
law, and shall within their respective districts have all the
powers which are now vested in the County Collector by
law, and shall be subject to like liabilities; and the said

Powers and liabi-

lities

Commissioners of the County, shall be, and they are here-
by required to designate the manner in which the taxes to
be collected by said Collectors respectively, shall be ap-
propriated.

How their colec-

tions to be ap-

priaited

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That no person shall be eligi-
ble as a Collector, except a resident in the collection dis-
trict, for which he shall be appointed.

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Collector's resi-

dence.