LEVIN -WINDER, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

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said, the said justices of the levy court, or a majority
of them, shall proceed to appoint a person who shall
give bond as aforesaid, and take the oath as before
directed, not confining their choice to the said secu-
rities; and the person appointed collector as afore-
said shall have the same power and authority in the
collection of the said levy, within the space of one
year from the time of giving bond as aforesaid to
collect the said levy, as was vested in the first collec-
tor, and he and his securities may be proceeded
against for a breach of duty in the same manner as

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against the first collector and his securities.
41. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all fines and
penalties created and imposed by this act, shall and
may be recovered in the name of the State, by in-
dictment in the county having criminal jurisdiction
wherein the same shall accrue, and be applied one half
to the use of the informer, and the other. half to the
use of the county; and it shall be the duty of the
clerk of such court to return annually to the levy
court a list of all fines and penalties imposed by vir-

Fines and pe-
nalties.

tue of this act.
42. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commis-
sioners of the tax for the several counties, and the city
of Baltimore, after the several assessors shall have
made the valuation of the lots and improvements
thereon in the several cities and towns, and their res-
pective precincts, shall reduce the same by application
of the same ratio of reduction as shall have been ap-
plied by the several commissioners to the lands and
improvements in the several and respective counties.

Ratio of re-
duction.

43. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commis-
sioners of the tax in all the several counties in this
State, and of the city of Baltimore, shall, from and
after the first year of the operation of this act, meet on
the first Monday in April in each year, for the pur-
pose of noting transfers and hearing appeals, and
shall sit so long as shall be necessary not exceeding
twenty days in any year; and they shall give public
notice of the times of such meetings.

Meetings for
noting trans-
fers and hear-
ing appeals.

44. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commis-
sioners of the tax of the several counties, and of the
city of Baltimore, shall on the first day of their meet-
ing in each year, appoint a clerk, who before he en-
ters upon the duties of his office, shall take the fol-
lowing oath or affirmation, (as the case may be, ) to
wit: " I, A. B. do swear (or affirm, ) that as clerk to
the commissioners of the tax of county, (or
city, ) I will to the best of my skill and judgment, ex-

Clerks to the
commission-
ers — their
oath.