Section 31. The county commissioners shall apportion and assess all county taxes among and upon the several cities and towns according to the most recent equalization and apportionment reported by the commissioner of revenue to the general court pursuant to section ten C of chapter fifty-eight, and shall, by their clerk, certify the assessments to the assessors thereof. The several amounts so apportioned and assessed shall be collected and paid similar to that of the state tax into the respective town treasuries, and the commissioners in their warrants shall require the selectmen or assessors of each town to pay, or to issue their warrants requiring the treasurer thereof to pay, to the county treasurer the amount so assessed. The county commissioners shall prescribe that one half of the total certified assessment of each city and town shall be paid on November first of each year and the remaining one half of such assessment shall be paid on May first of the next year. The selectmen or assessors of each city and town shall return a certificate of the name of the treasurer of such city or town, with the sum which he may be required to collect, to the county treasurer within the time fixed by the warrant of the county commissioners in accordance with the provisions of this section.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title VI - Counties and County Officers
Chapter 35 - County Treasurers, State Supervision of County Accounts and County Finances
Section 1 - Qualifications; Election; Tenure
Section 2 - Assistant Treasurer; Bond; Duties
Section 4 - Salaries; Source of Payment
Section 7 - Commissioners Acting by Appointment; Compensation; Travel Expenses
Section 8 - Traveling Expenses
Section 9 - Wilful Violation of Duty; Penalties
Section 10 - Collection and Disbursement of County Funds; Investment of Funds
Section 10a - Disbursement of Matching Funds for Federally Funded Programs
Section 11 - Payment of Expenses, etc.; Restrictions
Section 14 - Statement of Law Authorizing Payment of Accounts; Liability for Payments; Exceptions
Section 15 - Accounts; Form and Contents
Section 18 - Suffolk and Nantucket Counties; Applicability of Laws
Section 19a - Accumulated Vacation Allowance; Payment Upon Death or Separation From Service
Section 19b - Deceased Officers and Employees; Payment of Salary to Next of Kin; Effect
Section 19c - Deposits in Credit Union; Pension or Retirement Allowances
Section 20 - Prosecution of Suits Upon Bonds, Notes, etc.; Joinder of Treasurer as Party
Section 21 - Delinquency of Officers as to Money Payments; Notification of District Attorney
Section 22 - Disposition of Surplus Money; Deposits; Investments; Interest
Section 22a - Deposit of Funds Restricted
Section 23 - Money Paid Into Courts; Disposition; Interest
Section 23a - Unclaimed Funds; Disposition
Section 24 - Overdue Accounts; Interest Charge
Section 25 - Annual Report; Contents
Section 26 - Annual Report of County Commissioners; Contents
Section 27 - Annual Reports; Publication and Distribution
Section 27a - Treasurer and Custodian of Certain Funds
Section 28 - Estimates of County Receipts and Expenditures; Preparation; Recordation
Section 30 - Taxes; Approval; Computation
Section 31 - Taxes; Apportionment, Assessment and Collection
Section 32a - Contributory Retirement Systems; Anticipated Costs; Recovery of Pension Costs
Section 34 - Expenses and Liabilities Incurred Prior to Appropriations; Limitations; Exceptions
Section 34a - Expenses Incurred Prior to Appropriation; Highway Agreements Excepted
Section 35 - Enforcement of Provisions; Conditions
Section 36 - County Receipts, Cash on Hand and Expenditures; Monthly Account
Section 36a - Emergency Borrowing for Extraordinary Expenditures
Section 37 - Borrowing Funds in Anticipation of Tax Income
Section 37a - Bonds and Notes; Method of Payment; Use of Proceeds; Limitations
Section 37b - Temporary Notes; Refunding; Payment
Section 38 - Sale of Notes or Securities; Bids Required; Exceptions
Section 38a - Bonds Issued Subject to Call and Redemption
Section 38b - Refunding Bonds and Notes; Issuance; Limitations
Section 39a - Forms for Note Issues; Contents, Etc.
Section 39b - Notes; Procedure for Issuance
Section 39c - Bearer Notes; Procedure for Issuance
Section 39d - Payment of Notes; Notice
Section 39e - Certification Fee; Refunds
Section 39f - Effect of Certification
Section 39g - Facsimile of County Seal on Bonds, etc.; Validity
Section 39h - Facsimile of County Seal on Bonds, etc.; Authorization of Making and Use
Section 40 - Fines; Accounting; Returns
Section 41 - Payments to Treasurers; Sworn Statements
Section 42 - Auditor of Boston; Additional Duty
Section 43 - Exchange of Order Instruments for Bearer Instruments; Penalty for Noncompliance
Section 43a - Surety Bonds of Officers and Employees; Payment of Premiums
Section 47 - Penalty for Noncompliance With Orders
Section 48 - Establishment of Board; Membership; Election; Tenure, Etc.
Section 49 - Classification of Positions; ''salary'' Defined
Section 51 - Personnel Board; Powers and Duties; Discharge of Employees, Etc.
Section 51b - Salary Schedules
Section 52 - Classification and Allocation of Offices and Positions; Review
Section 53 - County Commissioners; Powers and Duties
Section 53a - Director of Affirmative Action; Affirmative Action Plan; Reports
Section 55 - Salaries to Be Full Compensation; Overtime Pay, Etc.
Section 56 - Suffolk County; Applicability of Act; Classification Agencies in Other Counties