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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 223

hereby authorized, empowered and directed to collect all
taxes levied by the Mayor and Council of Easton and by
the Commissioners of St. Michaels and Oxford upon each
and every motor vehicle owned by a resident of the Towns
of Easton, Oxford and St. Michaels respectively, and it
shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council of Easton and
of the Commissioners of St. Michaels and Oxford to assess
each and every such motor vehicle separately and apart
from the assessment of any other motor vehicle or kind or
class of assessable property, and the taxes assessed on
each such motor vehicle shall be payable separate and
apart from all other taxes, and the said Mayor and
Council of Easton and the Commissioners of St. Michaels
and Oxford shall certify to said County Treasurer of
Talbot County, the names of all residents of said Towns,
respectively, owning motor vehicles, the kind and
character of such motor vehicle, and the Town rate
applicable thereto; and said taxes shall be subject to
the same rates of discount and interest charges as are
presently provided or may hereafter be in force with
reference to the collection of County Taxes for said
Talbot County. All collections made by said County
Treasurer pursuant to the provisions hereof shall be
remitted and paid to the Mayor and Council of Easton and
the Commissioners of St. Michaels and Oxford, as the case
may be on the 10th day of each and every calendar month
of all monies previously received.

All provisions, rights and remedies now existing or
which may hereafter be provided under any General or
Local Laws with reference to the Collection of County
Taxes for Talbot County, are made available to the County
Treasurer of Talbot County for the purpose of collecting
the taxes as herein provided.

The said County Treasurer for said Talbot County
shall receive as compensation for the collection of taxes
as provided by this section, the sum of ten cents per
motor vehicle for making tax bills and taxing the amount
thereof according to the tax rate certified to him by the
Mayor and Council of Easton and the Commissioners of St.
Michaels and Oxford, as the case may be, and in addition
the sum of ten per cent for the collection of said taxes
which said compensation the Mayor and Council of Easton
and the Commissioners of St. Michaels and Oxford are
authorized and directed to provide for and pay.

This section shall apply only to taxes becoming due
and in arrears under the levy of 1935 and thereafter; any
and all adjustments and releases with reference to said
motor vehicles and the taxes levied thereon to be made by
the Board of Transfers and Abatements of said Town of
Easton and the Commissioners of St. Michaels and Oxford
respectively. ]

[78B.

The County Treasurer of Talbot County be, and he is