THOMAS G. PR ATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1846.

allow the said sheriff such additional compensation out of
the county treasury as shall make his whole compensation
equal to six per centum on said amount of eight thousand
dollars.

CHAP. 350.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said sheriff shall
be held liable on his official bond for the collection and
payment to the treasurer of said county of the county
taxes, and shall be required, when taking his oath of of-
fice, to swear that he will well and truly perform the
duties of collector of taxes imposed upon him by the
provisions of this act, and shall be allowed until the first
day of October, in the year succeeding that in which
said tax bills, both State and county, shall be placed in
his hands for collection, to complete the collection of the
same.

Sheriff liable

on his official
bond.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That whenever any per-
son shall offer to pay his or her taxes, it shall be the

duty of the treasurer of the county to inquire of them
what improvement they have made, and what assessa-
ble property they have accumulated since the last assess-
ment was made, so that the same may be added to their
assessment, and if the said treasurer deems it necessary,
he may take the answers of said parties under oath, and
any tax payer refusing to make such statement, shall be
deprived of all benefits resulting from the provisions of

this act.

Treasurer to
inquire rela-
tive to im-
provements.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That it shall he the duty
of the sheriff to ascertain from all the tax payers from
whom he may collect the taxes, and take a memorandum
of all accumulation of assessable property of every kind,
and make return of the same to the said board, accord-
ing to the existing laws which require the present col-
lector to do the same.

Sheriff to as-
certain the ac-
cumulation of
property.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That all acts, or parts of,
acts, conflicting with the provisions of this act be, and
the same are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 350.

Repealed.

An act to authorise Ara Spence and William U. Purnell,
of Worcester County, to execute a Deed to John Mason,
of the same County.

WHEREAS, it appears that about the year eighteen
hundred and eighteen, that a certain Joseph J. Gillis,

Passed March
10, 1847.

Preamble.