WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1838.

take and subscribe such oath or affirmation as is now
required by law to bo made and subscribed by the

justices of the levy court and commissioners of the tax

of said county, which oaths shall be kept among the

records of Montgomery county court.

Board incorporated.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the commissioners

appointed as aforesaid, and their successors, shall be,

and they are hereby constituted a body politic and
corporate, by the name and title of the Commissioners
for Montgomery County, and by that name shall have

Name and style.

continual and perpetual succession, and be capable in
law of sueing and being sued, of making and using a
corporate seal, and of altering the same, and of doing
all such acts as may be necessary to the exercise of all
the powers and duties which are required by law to be
done and performed by the levy court and commis-
sioners of the tax of said county, respectively.

Powers and duties.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the commissioners

shall discharge all the duties appertaining to the re-

spective officers of clerk of the levy court and commis-

sioners of the tax; and the said clerk when appointed
shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirma-

Their clerk.

tion, as the case may be. to wit: I, A. B. do swear,
or affirm, that, as clerk of the commissioners for
Montgomery county, I will honestly and faithfully, to
the best of my skill and judgment, execute the duties
of said office without favor, affection or prejudice, so
help me God: which oath, or affirmation, any one, of
said commissioners is hereby authorized to administer,

Oath required.

and said oath shall be recorded in the clerk's office of
Montgomery county court, and the said clerk shall
also be subjected to the same penalties and forfeitures
for non-performance, or neglect of official duty, as are
prescribed by the existing laws in relation to the re-
spective offices of clerk of the levy court and commis-

sioners of the tax.

Recorded.

Sec. 5. and be it enacted, That in case of a vacancy

in the office of clerk to the commissioners, as created
by this act, by death, resignation, removal or disquali-
fication, the same shall be supplied by the said com-
missioners as soon thereafter as may be practicable.

Case of vacancy of

clerk.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the said clerk shall

receive three dollars for every day he shall attend the

His compensation

$300.