The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-07-06
CHAPTER 256.

Relating to the office of Clerk and
Tax Collector of the Town of
Oakland and the Enactment of a
New Section Combining the Office
of Clerk and Tax Collector of the
said Town.
AN ACT to repeal Sections 404, AIS,
APO, 1875, ABB, 426 and 435, Art. II
of Flack's Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title Garrett
County," subtitle Oakland" toI
re-enact Sections 404, 418 and 420I
with amendments and to enact a
new section in lieu of said Sec
ton 425 hereby repealed said new
section 425 to follow Immediately
after Section 424, said amend
ments and said new section COM
bining the office of clerk and tax
collector of the town of Oakland
and changing the date when taxes
shall be due and payable therein
and the method of collecting the
same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Sections 4O4, 418, APO, 425, 426, ABB
and 435 of Article IL of Flack's Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title Garrett County," subtitle coax
land" be and the same are hereby re-
pealed, and Sections 404, Alb and APO
be re-enacted with amendments and
that new section to be known as Sec
ton 425 and to follow Immediately
after Section 424, be and the same is
hereby enacted, said amendments and
said new section to read as follows:
404. The officers of said corpora
ton shall consist of a Mayor and
a Town Council, which shall be COM
posed of six members, a President of
the Town Council, a town clerk, "a
tax collector) who, in addition to per-
forming the duties of Clerk, shall also
be the tax collector and all references
to tax collector hereinafter made shall
be construed as relating to said town
clerk, treasurer, a police magis-
trate, an attorney, weighmaster, a
street commissioner, police officer
and such other special policemen as
the public welfare of said town may
require in any case of emergency, who
shall severally perform such duties
and have such owners as may be pre-
scribed by law and the ordinances
passed in pursuance to said charter
of said town.
The Mayor and members of said
Town Council shall be elected for the
period of two years from the second
Monday in March, 1922, and shall hold
office from the first Monday in April
following, except those three who
were elected in March, 1921, who shall
continue in office until the month of
April, 1928, or until their successors
are elected and qualified.
The Mayor shall have the right to
appoint the police magistrate, the at
torney to the town and the police Of
ficer, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Town Council, but the
town clerk, street commissioner, land
the collector of taXes) and weighmas-
ter shall be elected by the Town
Council, and said appointees shall each
hold their respective offices and enter
upon their duties from the first Mon
day of April of the year in which they
were so appointed or until their success
sors are appointed and qualified, I'M
less sooner removed for cause in the
discretion of the said Town Council.
Ais. The Mayor and Town Coun-
Gil shall have power to levy and col
lect taxes not to exceed seventyfive
cents on the one hundred dollars
worth of assessable property in any
one year, Except for the years 1924
and 1925, when the tax rate may be
one dollar) and whenever the said
Council shall levy tax, which levy
shall be made out on the first Monday
in May in each year, an alphabetical
list of the persons chargeable there
with shall be made out and affixed
thereto the respective sums to be col
lected from each person and annexed
to said list shall be a warrant to the
clerk in his capacity as tax collector
to collect the same, and said clerk
shall on or before the first day of July
next render to each person or corpo-
ration named therein an account of
his taxes. Said taxes shall be due
and payable on the first day of Sep
TENDER next following said levy and
on all taxes paid in full before said
date, the Mayor and Town Council
may in their discretion allow a dis
count, not to exceed five per cent.
APO. All taxes levied by said May
or and Council, for the general pur-
poses of said town shall be lien on
the property, from the date of said
levy, of the party or parties against
whom said tax may be charged,