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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 73.

being sued, of making and using a corporate seal, of do-
ing all such acts as shall be necessary to the exercise of
all powers which are or shall be vested in them by this
act, or by any other act of Assembly, as fully and effectu-
ally as corporate bodies may or can lawfully and rightful-
ly do.

Rights and

powers trans-

ferred.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That when as soon as the
commissioners to be elected or appointed as aforesaid,
shall have taken and subscribed the oath or affirmation
hereinbefore described, all the powers, rights and privi-
leges lawfully exercised by, and all property, estate and
effects vested in the justices of the levy court of Charles
county, shall be transferred to and vested in the commis-
sioners for Charles county; who, or a majority of there,
shall hereafter exercise all the said powers, rights and pri-
vileges, and shall perform all the duties required to be
performed by the said justices of the levy court of Charles
county; and no appointment of justices of the levy court
of Charles county shall thereafter be made.

To appoint a

clerk.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the said commissioners, annually, to appoint a clerk;
and in case of vacancy from any cause, to supply said
vacancy at their first meeting thereafter, or as soon as
practicable, whose duty it shall be to transact all the bu-
siness and discharge all the duties now appertaining to
the clerk of the levy court for said county, in the same
manner as the clerk of the levy court of said county is

His oath.

now authorized and required to transact the same; and
the person so appointed, shall, before he enters upon
the duties of his office, execute a bond to the State of
Maryland, to be approved by the said commissioners, in
the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the
true and faithful performance of the several and respective
duties imposed upon him by law; which bond shall be
recorded in the office of the clerk of said county, and a
copy thereof, under the seal of said court, shall be as suf-
ficient evidence as the original; and the said clerk, when ap-
pointed, shall also lake an oath or affirmation, that as
clerk to the commissioners of Charles county, he will dili-
gently and faithfully, without partiality or prejudice, exe-
cute and discharge the duties of said office to the best of
his skill and judgment; which oath or affirmation any one
of the said commissioners is hereby authorized to admin-

ister.

Books to be de-
livered.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That, upon the appointment
of a clerk to the commissioners as aforesaid, the clerk of