The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-05-20
p url,c Local. Laws.


AN ACT to repeal the following sec
tionS ofarticlc seventeen. of the Code
of Public Local Laws. title Prince
Georges County. to wit: section
eighty one A.. subtitle. Clerk OF the
Circuit Court: sections nincly. one
hundred and one. one hundred and
two A., one huEdred and two b.. and
one hundred and three. subtitle
County Commissioners: sections one
hundred and sixteen. one hundred
and sixteen \. b. c. d. f. +. g.,
and one hundred and seventeen. sub
title County Treasurer, as amended
bv chapter one hundred and thirty
seven Of the Acts of the General AS
semhly 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 l. Be it enacted by 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 eightv-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-
| tv Commissioners; sections one hun
lred and sixteen, one hundred and six
teen A., b.. G.. d., f.. f.. e.. and one
| hundred and seventeen. subtitle Coun-
ty Treasurer, rs amended 10y Chapter
one hundred and thirty seven of the
| Acts of the General Ass mb!y Of Mary
| land. OF the year ri iyhteen 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be, and the same are hereby repealed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 4. On the first Monday
in October in each year, the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Prince Georges
County shall deliver to the County
Commissioners of said County, 4 list
of every transfer of real property, by
deed or decree, recorded within the
year n, ut proceeding, which list shall
state the date of each transfer or decree,
| the consideration, the grantor, the
grantee, the location, name and acreag ge
of the tract Of land, and the nature of
such transfer, whether absolute or a n
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 shall not be
mixed with the deeds and DEGREES.
SECTION 90 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 be indeNed; he shall
indorsc, file, index and keep all papers
| presented to the said commissioners; he
shall each year, Immediately 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, descript of
| the real and personal property assessed
| to him, the valuation of each item Of
real estate. and of the aggregate Off 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
ent' accurately all the financial trans
actions of the County Commissioners,
and particularly showing, at all times,
| the amount of county moneys. securi-
ties and property in the hands of the
County treasurer or any other tiduciary
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-
ton 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
amount thereof: he shall keep a wal
rant book of Prince q ,orye'S Codntv
| from which he Shall make out every
warrant which shall authorize the treas
urer of the county, or any other fnan-
cial agent OF the county to pay out any
money; which warrant book shall con
tain corresponding stub, in which, at
the time of filling up of said warrant,
and before its removal from the book,
he shall make full entry of the number,
date and amount of such warrant, the
name Of the person to whom issued,
upon whom drawn, the appropriation
against winch drawn. and reference to
the page of the Journal wherein is the
entry of the order for such warrant: he
shall keep and carefully preserve all
the books and papers in the office OF
said commissioners; and shall on any
secular day not legal holiday. bctwceA
the hours of ten clock Il. m and three
o'clock p. m, at the request Of any
citizen or taxpayer Of said county, cX-
hibt the same to such person.
SECTION l0l. The County Commits
sionerS shall not issue any certificate
Of Indebtedness: and all claims shall be
paid 10y warrant issued against some
specified fund, otherwise unappropri-
atcd
SECTION l03 The County Commits
sioners shall not make any contract in
volving the expenditure Of money un-
less the funds are in hand. or a con
trmporancous order he passed that a
>rilicirnt fund therefor he levied al the
II y: levy laying term.
TREASURER
81 TON lo5. In the year eighteen