JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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same, to be in accordance with the provisions of said

article eighty-one.

SEC. 30. D. The county commissioners of said

county shall give two weeks notice by publication

in the county papers, of the time of receiving bids

dive notice.

for said collection of taxes, on which day at twelve

o'clock meridian, they shall meet in their office at

the Court House, Belair, and hold an open session

for one hour, for the reception of bids, when the

same shall be opened, and their decision made;

provided, however, that if they be in doubt as to the

sufficiency of the bond offered by any bidder or

bidders, they may postpone their decision as to such

bid or bids to such time, not exceeding two weeks,

to examine into the same, and should any such bond,

in their judgment, prove insufficient, shall award

the collection to the next lowest bidder having a

Proviso.

good and sufficient bond, and having in the judgment

of said commissioners, good business qualification

for said office; should the bond of any bidder prove

defective merely as to matters of form, this may be

corrected by filing a new one.

SEC. 30 E. Should no bid be received, as to any

district or districts of said county, or should none be

Again adver-

received with proper bond and within the per centum

tise or appoint

required by this act, the said commissioners as to

such district or districts may, in their discretion,

again advertise for proposals, or appoint a collector

or collectors for the same.

SEC. 67. The County Commissioners, of Harford

county, shall levy such commissions, so fixed by sec-

Not exceeding

tions thirty A, thirty B, thirty C, thirty D and thirty

E, not exceeding five per centum on the amount to

be placed in the hands of said collector or collectors

for collection; said commission to be levied for the

use of said collector or collectors respectively, and to

be collected as other charges arc collected. The

Governor shall fix the commission of collectors ap-

Fix the com-

pointed by him, not to exceed ten per centum on the

mission.

amount placed in their hands for collection, and said

commissions shall be levied by said county commis-

sioners and collected by said collectors.