LAWS OF MARYLAND.

1844.

shall the duty of the said agents, to deposit with the clerks c
of the several county courts, taking from them duplicate
receipts therefor, of which one shall be kept by the said
agent, and the other transmitted by him to the Treasurer
of this State.

hap. 236.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That the said notes or
bonds shall be liens on the real and personal estate of the
party or parties signing the same, and that From time to
time, and as often as the said notes or bonds become due,
it shall be the duty of the said clerks, if the said bonds or
notes are not paid to the said clerks within the period of
thirty days thereafter, to issue executions thereupon, as
upon judgments rendered in their respective courts, which
executions shall be placed in the hands of the sheriffs of
the counties, who shall proceed to make the money upon
them, as upon other writs placed in their hands for execu-
tion, and it shall be the duty of the said sheriffs to pay the
money, which they shall make upon the said executions,

Notes or bonds
to be liens on
cal and per-
sonal estate.

to the clerks of their several counties, who shall account
for and pay the same to the Treasurer of this State on the v
first days of July, October, January and April, in each and
every year, after deducting therefrom as a compensation
for the service imposed upon them by this act, a commis-
sion of one per centum, and in case of failure to account
and pay as aforesaid, within ten clays after the periods
above limited for that purpose, the bonds of the clerk so
failing shall be put in suit, and a recovery had thereupon
for the whole amount due, with interest at the rate of fif-

Money to be
paid to Trea-
surer of the
State.

teen per centum per annum from the time of such default
SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of,
the clerks of the levy courts, and of the commissioners of
the tax, of the several counties of this State, and of How-
ard District, and of the appeal tax court of Baltimore, to
transmit to the Treasurer of this State annually, within
thirty days after the annual levy of the taxes for this State,
a return of the. assessments of the property in each county,
Howard District, and the city of Baltimore, showing the
amount thereof, and also the amount of the taxes levied for
the use of this State, and placed in the hands of each col-
lector of such county, district or city for collection, and
for neglecting or refusing to perform this duty, the clerk
so neglecting or refusing, shall be subject to presentment,
and upon conviction thereof in the county court of the
county, Howard District or the city court of Baltimore, to

Transmit to
the Treasurer
annually the
annual levy of
taxes for this
State.

a penalty of one hundred dollars for the use of this State.
SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the Deputies of the Attorney General, to give information
of such neglect or refusal to the Grand Jury of the proper
county, district or city, upon being advised of such neglect
or refusal, by the Treasurer of this State.

Deputies of
the Attorney
General to
give informa-
tion to Grand
Jury.