1838.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 202.

same; all proposals shall be handed unto the clerk of
said board, on or before the day proceeding the day of
letting, of which notice shall be given and on opening

The lowest bidder

to be collector.

the proposals, the lowest bidder shall have the collec-
tion of the tax for such district; provided, always,
that the party with his security, is sufficient and ap-
proved of by said board.

Case of no bids.

Sec. 5. Ana be it enacted, That in case no bids should
be made for any one or mores' of said districts, or the

Or failure to bond.

party or parties not complying, or failing to executes
the necessary bond for the performance of the duty re-
quired of him, or them, within thirty days after his

Appointment au-

thorised.

appointment, then and in that case, the commissioners
shall at their next stated meeting, appoint some suit-
able person, or persons, for the collection of the taxes
of such district or districts, but in no instance shall

Limit 7 per cent.

they allow more than seven per cent oh the money to
be collected.

Case of application

for road.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That in all cases where ap-
plication may be made by petition for the opening of new,
or altering, amending and straitening old roads, or for
the constructing, or repairing bridges in said county,

Rejection to be

endorsed.

and said application shall be rejected by said board,
they shall endorse on said petition, such rejection and
the reasons on which such rejection are founded.

Acts in inconsistent

herewith repealed.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of
acts, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be,
and the same are hereby repealed, any law, custom or
usage, to the contrary notwithstanding.

CHAPTER 202.

Passed Mar. 18,
1839.

An act authorizing the Commissioners of the Tax of
Carroll County, to levy a certain sum of money there-
in mentioned.

$20 for James

Baker.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the Commissioners of the Tax, of Carroll coun-
ty, be, and they are hereby required to levy, annually,
upon the assessable property of said county, twenty
dollars, and pay the same in quarterly payments to
James Baker, for the support and maintainance of
Catharine Haynes, of said county, a county pensioner