T. WATKINS LIGON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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either before or after judgment, and no appeal shall be
taken from the judgment of said justice in any of the
cases hereinbefore mentioned.

SEC. 2. And bo it enacted, That this act shall be in
force from and after the day of its passage.

CHAPTER 139.

In force.

AN ACT to provide for the speedy collection of State
and County Taxes in Baltimore county, and to au-
thorise the County Commissioners of said county to
effect a loan in anticipation of the same.

Passed
Mar. 9, 1854.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That the commissioners of Balti-
more county, are hereby authorised and required to
levy upon the assessable property of Baltimore county,
on or before the first day of April, eighteen hundred
and fifty-four, the State tax for the year eighteen hun-
dred and fifty-four, and the county taxes for the year
eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and eighteen hundred
and fifty-four, so as to being up the arrear of levy for
the current year, eighteen hundred and fifty-four; and
it shall thereafter be their duty to levy the State and
county taxes for said county, on or before the first day
of March, in each and every current year, for which
such taxes may be due and payable.

Authority to
levy.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That for the purpose
of bringing up the arrear levy for eighteen hundred and
fifty-four, the said commissioners are hereby authorised
and required to apply to the credit of said levy, all mo-
nies heretofore levied for the repairs of the court house
under authority of the acts of eighteen hundred and
thirty-four, and eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, re-
lating to the repairs of said court house; and also, all
monies heretofore levied for the use of the Mayor and
Oily Council of Baltimore, which several sums, may
not have been paid over, as prescribed by said acts of
eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and eighteen hun-

Arrears of
taxes.