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said commissioners, upon receiving -said second commission shall
before a justice of the peace in and for the county wherein they shall
respectively reside, severally make oath or affirmation, that they will
well and faithfully perform the duties required of them by the said
second commission without favor, partiality or prejudice, and ac-
cording to the best of their judgments and understanding; and that
the said justice shall certify the taking of such oath or affirmation,
and annex his certificate to the said second commission
3. And be it enacted, That the commissioners appointed by virtue
of this act, shall have, and they are hereby vested with the same
power and authority to complete the aforesaid trust, that would have
been used or exercised by the commissioners appointed by the first
commission.

Dec. Ses. 1822

CHAPTER 49.

An act for building a bridge over Tuckahoe Creek, where the Old Bridge
now stands
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
Robert Kemp, for Talbot county, William C Meconiken, for Queen
Anne's county, and David Casson, for Caroline county, shall be and
they are hereby appointed commissioners for the purpose of building
a bridge over Tuckahoe creek; and the said commissioners or a ma-
jority of them, be and they are hereby authorised and empowered,
as soon as it may be conveniently in their power, to cause the said
new bridge to be built over the said creek where the old one now
stands, to be built and completed, in the best and most substantial
manner for the money hereby granted; and the said commissioners
or a majority of them, are by virtue of this act, fully authorised
and empowered to contract with any person or persons for building
the said bridge in the place where the old bridge now stands, in such

Passed Jan
11, 1823.

Commission-
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manner as they in their discretion shall deem most expedient.
2. And be it enacted, That the justices of the levy courts of Tal-
bot, Queen-Anne's and Caroline counties shall be, and they are here-
by authorised, directed and required, at the next levy court in their
respective counties, to levy and assess the several sums of money
hereinafter mentioned, in the following manner to wit: the justices
of the levy court for Talbot county, shall assess and levy the sum of
one hundred and fifty dollars; the justices of the levy court for Queen-
Anne's county shall assess and levy the sum of one hundred dollars;
and the justices of the levy court of Caroline county, shall assess and
levy the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars; which said several sums
of money, together with the collectors visual commissions for collec-
ting respectively, shall be assessed levied and collected, in the same
manner as other county charges and public dues for the ensuing
year shall be assessed, levied and collected; and the said several col-
lectors, and their securities respectively, shall be answerable for and
pay the said several and respective sums of money to the commis-
sioners aforesaid, or either of them, or their order, at any time after
the said sums of money have been or ought to be collected, and if
any of the said collectors shall neglect or refuse to pay the respec-
tive assessments, the commissioners or the major part of them, are
hereby authorised and required to sue for and recover the same from
such collector or collectors, or his or their securities, or his or their
executors or administrators respectively, in an action or actions upon
the bond or bonds of said collector or collectors.

Levy.