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shall not exceed three per centum for the Second and Third
Districts, respectively, and in the First Tax Collection
District the Tax Collector may be paid and allowed
during the fiscal years of 1935, 1936, 1937 and 1938
for collecting all taxes of said District a sum equal
to but not exceeding ninety per centum of the amount paid
or allowed by the County Commissioners for Allegany
County to said Tax Collector for the collection of taxes in
said First Tax Collection District for the fiscal year of
1931, provided, that the compensation in said Second and
Third Collection District shall not exceed the sum of
thirty-five hundred dollars, and shall be payable in
monthly instalments only on taxes collected and paid over;
one third of all amounts payable to either of the Tax
Collectors for the First, Second and Third Tax Collection
Districts shall be retained or withheld by the Commission-
ers until final settlement by the respective Collectors
with the said Commissioners; which said sums or commis-
sions shall include all expenses of whatsoever kind
incurred by said collectors in the collection of said taxes,
and said County Commissioners shall not allow any greater
compensation nor pay any bills for any matter whatsoever
for the use of said Collector nor supply any stationery or
other thing unless the same shall be charged against the
said compensation so to be allowed said tax collectors, and
if it shall be found at any time during a fiscal year that
any monthly payments to be made to said tax collectors,
together with previous monthly payments, would exceed
two-thirds of any limits of compensation herein provided,
no further payments shall be allowed until final settle-
ment is made by said collectors, with said County Com-
missioners, as aforesaid, provided further that the County
Commissioners shall pay the premium upon each of the
bonds of the respective tax collectors and the said County
Commissioners of Allegany County are authorized and
empowered to refund to the Tax Collectors of said Tax
Collection Districts appointed by them for the years 1922
and 1923, the premium upon the bonds furnished by them
for their respective terms.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or
parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act
are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and is necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public safety and