1839.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 98.

Term of service.

Their powers
and duties, &c.

Right to hold

property.

be styled the commissioners of Howard district, and shall

continue in office for one year from the time of election,

and until their successors have qualified, and shall have
within said Howard district, all the powers, rights and du-
ties, and be subject to all the liabilities which now appertain
to the county commissioners of Anne Arundel county, and
such further as may be imposed upon them by this or any
other act of Assembly; and upon the election and qualifi-
cation of such commissioners, they shall assume all the
rights and duties, and possess themselves of every thing
belonging to the preceding board of commissioners; and
the powers and rights of the county commissioners shall
cease and determine within the limits of Howard district
upon the passage of this act, except so far as powers may
be specially conferred upon them by this act; and the said
district shall have the same right and power to acquire and
hold property that any county of this State has.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That if any commissioner
shall die, resign, refuse to serve, remove from the district
in which he was chosen, or neglect to qualify within thirty-
days as commissioner, or in case of a tie, the remaining
commissioner or commissioners, shall appoint some per-
son or persons to fill such vacancy from the election dis-

trict from which such commissioner or commissioners

shall have been respectively elected, or in which there
shall be a tie.

Constables and

collector to be
appointed.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said commission-
ers of the district shall have authority, and it shall be their
duty to appoint for each of said three election districts, a
number of constables not exceeding five, and who shall
in all respects qualify as the constables of Anne Arundel
county now do; and the said commissioners shall also ap-
point one person within said Howard district as the collec-
tor of the tax, and such person may either be the sheriff
of Howard district, or some other person, as to the com-
missioners may appeal most for the interest of the people
of the district; and the said collector shall in all respects
qualify as collectors of the tax now do in Anne Arundel
county.

Appointment

of com. of pri-
mary schools
authorised.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the commissioners of
the district be authorised and required to appoint nine of
the inhabitants of said district to be commissioners of pri-
mary schools for the said district, and also a suitable num-
ber of discreet persons not exceeding eighteen, who to-
gether with the commissioners shall be inspectors of pri-
mary schools; and the said commissioners of primary