The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-05-13
p uplrc Local. Laws
Passed at II" Jawary s y ion, 1898, of H.
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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
CHAPTER 30.
CHAPTER 20

AN ACT to repeal the following sec
tions ofarticle seventeen, ofthe Cod,
Of Public Local Laws. title Prince
Georges County, to wit: section
ei9hty-une A, subtitle, Clerk of tho
Circuit Court: sections ninety. one
hundred and one, one hundred and
two A., one hundred and two g., and
one hundred and three, subtitle
County Commissioners; sections one
hundred and sixteen, one hundred
and sixteen a. B. c. D. f. +. G.
and ore hundred and seventeen, sub
title County Treasurer, as amended
by chapter one hundred and thirty
seven of the Acts of the General AS
sembly of Maryland of the year
eighteen hundred and ninety: see
tions one hundred and five to one
hundred and seventeen. both inclu-
sive, subtitle, County Treasurer;
and to re-enact the same with amend
ments and additional sections relative
to the assessment. levying and col
lection of taxes.
| SECTION |. BE it enacted hv the
General Assembly of Maryland, that
the following sections of article seven
teen of the Code of Public Local Laws.
title Prince Georges County, to wit:
section eighty-one A., subtitle Clerk
of the Circuit Court; sections ninety.
one hundred and one, one hundred and
two A., one hundred and two B., and
one hundred and three. subtitle Coun-
ty Commissioners; sections one hun
dred and sixteen. one hundred and six
teen A., b., c., D., E., F., G., and one
hundred and seventeen, subtitle Coun-
| ty Treasurer, as amended by Chapter
one hundred and thirty-seven of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Mary
land, OF the year eighteen hundred and
ninety; sections one hundred and five
| to one hundred and seventeen, both in
elusive, subtitle, County Treasurer,
be, and the same are hereby repealed
and re-enacted as follows, and that the
following additional sections be enacted
and added thereto.
SECTION So A. On the first Monday
in October in each year. the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Prince Georges
County shall del.v l. to the County
Commissioners of said County, list
of every transfer of real property, 10y
decd or decree, recorded within the
year II, Nt proceeding, which list slall
state the date of each transfer or decree,
the consideration, the grantor, the
grantee. the location, name and acreage
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such transfer, whether absolute or as Il
mortgage or security, and the liber and
page OF the record thereof For such
list he shall be paid at the rate of ten
cents for each mortgage, deed and de-
cree, but the mortgages slal not be
mixed with the deeds and DEGREES.
SECTION so. He (the Clerk to the
County Commissioners shall make full
minutes of all proceedings Of said com
missioners and record the same in a
book, which shall he indeNed; he shall
indorse, file, index and keep all papers
presented to the said commissioners: he
shall each year, immcdiat Aly after the
annual assessment and levy, make out
the annual assessment and levy book
for each district in the county, which
shall set forth the name of each tax
payer in said district, description of
the real and personal property assessed
to him, the valuation of each item Of
real estate, and of the aggregate of per-
sonality. the rate of tax levied thereon.
and deliver the same to the County
Treasurer within thirty days after the
making of said annual levy, taking his
receipt therefor; he shall keep all nee
essary books of account and therein
enter accurately all the financial trans
actions OF the County Commissioners,
| and particularly showing, at ali times,
the amount OF county moneys, securi-
ties and property in the hands of the
County treasurer or any other iiduciary
or officer Of the County, the amount Of
taxes placed in the hands of the treas
urer and not accounted for by him; the
amount of each and every appropria-
tlon made by the said commissioners.
and of each warrant thereon, with the
name OF the person to whom such war
rant was issued. the number. date and
rant book Of Prince Georges Cohnty
from which he shall make out every
warrant which shall authorize the treas
urer of the county, or any other linan-
clal agent OF the county to pay out any
m oney; which warrant lo)k shall con
tain a corresponding stub, in which. at
til" time Of filling up Of said warrant
and before its removal from the book,
he shall make full entry Of the number,
date Al amcunt of such warrant, the
nlmc OF the person to whom issued.
upon whom drawn. the appropriation
| against which drawn. and reference to
the page of the journal wherein is the
entry of the order for such warrant; lie
shall keep and carefully preserve all
the books and papers in the office of
sad commissioners; and shall on any
secular day not a legal holiday, between
the hours of ten o'clock a IN. and three
O'Clock p m, at the request Of any
citizen or Taxpayer of said county, eX-
hiblt the same to such person.
SECTION lOl. The County Commits
sioners shall not issue any certificate
of Indebtedness: and all claims shall be
paid by warrant issued against some
specified fund, otherwise unappropri-
ated.
SECTION l03. The County Commits
sioners shall not make any contract il:-
volving the expenditure of money un-
less the funds are in hand. or a con
t mporlnenus order he passed that
tfirirnt tiInd tll l. .i.,r b, levied at Tie
next levy laying term.
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