The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-04-22
Laws Of maryland.
No "a.

IaSScQ DN the tTeneral Assembly Vi
Maryland, at their session which COM
menced on the last Monday of Decen-
Der, 1917.
AN ACT, entitled a Supplement to
the Act of December session, eighteen
hundred and forty three, chapter two
hundred and eighty four, entitled Gan
act to tax the commissions OF certain Of
ficrrs Of this State"
SECTION 1 Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland That from
and after the passage of this act, when
commissions are delivered to the respec-
tive officers and appointees hereinafter
named, they shall severalIy pay to the
clerks from whom they shall receive the
said commissions, the sums following,
to wit: the Sheriff of Baltimore city, the
sum of three hundred dollars; the sherltiS
OF Baltimore county, Frederick county
and Washington county, the sum OF one
hundred dollars each; the sheriff of Al
!egany county, the sum OF seventy five
dollars. the shcriflS Of Carroll county, and
Hartford county, of Kent county, Dor
chester county, Anne Arundle county,
Worcester county, Somerset county and
Cecil county, the sum of forty dollars
each: the ShcrifS OF Prince Georges
county and Howard District, the sum OF
thirty dollars each: the sheriHs Of Caro-
line county, Montgomery county, Talbot
county, Charles county, Queen Anne's
county, Calvert county, and Saint Ma
ry'S county, the sum of twenty dollars
each: the Inspectors OF Flour IN Batl-
more city, the sum of four hundred dol
lars each; the Commissioners OF Lolte-
rus, Tobacco Inspectors OF Baltimore
city, Judges of the Orphans Court OF
Baltimore city and county, Inspectors OF
Fish, Inspectors of Leather, Guagcrs of
Liquor, Inspectors Of Lumber in Balti-
more city, Inspectors Of Cord Wood, the
Inspector OF Guano, and Weigher Of Live
Stock, the sum OF fifty dollars each; the
Warden of the Penitentlary Of Baltimore
city, Commissioners Of lnsolvent debt
ors, and Inspectors Of Lime, the sum OF
thirty dollars each; the Inspectors of
Shingles, Inspectors of Plaster of Paris,
each Inspector of Lumber in Port De-
post, and Perrvvile, Cecil county, and
each Notary Public in the city Of Balti-
more, and the Examiner General, the
sum of twenty dollars each; Inspectors
of Green Hides and Skins, State Wharf
niger, Inspectors OF ground black Oak
Bark, County Surveyors, and Wreck
Masters in Worcester county, the sum OF
ten dollars each; the judge of the Or
phans' Court in Howard District and
counties, except Baltimore, Notary Pub
lies out of the city of Baltimore and Ar
morers at Frederick and Easton, the sum
of SIX dollars EACH and all other persons
holding biennial civil appointments un.
der the Executive, the sum Of two dol
lars each.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in
case any one of those officers named in
the first section of this act; who are APP
pointed by the Governor, shall neglect
TO apply for their commissions and pay
the tax by this act imposed thereon, for
three months after the time when the
said commissions are transmitted to the
several county clerks, such neglect shall
be considered a refusal to accept said
commissions, and it shall be the duty of
said clerks respectively to send list OF
the officers neglecting to apply as afore-
said, to the Governor of this State, who
shall then proceed to appoint other per-
sons in their stead; provided, that moth
ing in this section contained shall apply
to such persons as are appointed Justices
of the Peace.
D. CLAUDE, Treasurer.
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