1838.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 128.

session of said commissioners, and such further com-

pensation for official duties performed on other days
as may be allowed by said commissioners, and the said

Removeable.

clerk shall be removable at the discretion of the com-

missioners.

Delivery over of

books.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That upon the appoint-
ment of a clerk to the said commissioners, the clerk of
Montgomery county court, shall on demand of the

commissioners, all the books, accounts, papers and
documents belonging, or in any manner appertaining

Make annual ac-

counts.

to the levy court of said county, and shall annually, on
or before the first Monday in April, furnish to and lay
before the said commissioners, all such accounts, pa-
pers and documents, as may be necessary to the said
commissioners, in ascertaining the county charges ac-
cording to the directions which he may, from time to
time, receive from said commissioners, and for which

Fee therefor.

Clerk of Commis-

sioners of Tax

shall deliver over.

service he shall receive such fees as he, by law, is now

entitled to; and the clerk to the commissioners of the

tax, shall in like manner deliver over to the clerk to

said commissioners, all the books, documents and pa-
pers which belong, or in any wise appertain to the
board of commissioners of the tax for Montgomery

Case of neglect to

do so.

county; and in case said clerk of Montgomery county

court, shall neglect or refuse to comply with any of
the provisions or requisitions of this act, when called

on by said commissioners or their clerk, by their order,

Penalty.

he for every such refusal or neglect, shall forfeit and
pay to the said commissioners, for the use of the coun-
ty, the, sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, current
money, to be recovered by indictment in Montgomery
county court; and the clerk to the commissioners of

ties for refusal or neglect to deliver up to the commis-

papers or documents which may belong, or in any wise
appertain to the board of commissioners of the tax of
Montgomery county.

Powers and duties

transferred.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That when and as soon
as the commissioners to be appointed by this act shall
have taken and subscribed the oath or affirmation here-
inbefore directed, all the powers, rights and privileges