HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     1521

Article 81 -- Revenue and Taxes

8A. RECOUPMENT OF LOST TAXES.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW OF THE STATE, THE STATE OR ANY
OF ITS UNITS, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, OR SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS
MAY ACT AS NECESSARY TO COLLECT FROM THE UNITED STATES MONEY THAT
IS AVAILABLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR TAXES OR OTHER CHARGES THAT
HAVE BEEN LOST BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES OR 1 OF ITS UNITS HOLDS
TITLE TO PROPERTY IN THE STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Ch.____, Acts of 1984, which enacted the

State Government Article, also enacted this section,
which is derived without substantive change from
former Art. 96, § 48.

Article 95 - Treasurer

7.

[The Treasurer of Maryland shall appoint clerks, assistants
and other help in such numbers and at such salaries as may be
provided for by the budget of appropriations, all of whom shall
perform such duties as may be assigned to them from time to time
by the Treasurer. He may designate one of his clerks or
assistants as chief deputy treasurer, and other clerks or
assistants as deputy treasurers. The chief deputy treasurer, each
of the deputy treasurers, or any clerk, assistant or any. other
employee of the office of the Treasurer, shall, upon entering the
performance of the duties of said office, be covered by surety
bonds in accordance with the provisions of §§ 46 through 50 of
Article 78A of the Annotated Code of Maryland.] The chief deputy
treasurer and each deputy treasurer[, upon his designation and
qualification, as above provided, shall have the power to] MAY
disburse the moneys of the State for the purposes of the State,
according to law, including the power to sign or countersign
checks, upon warrants drawn by the Comptroller or his duly
authorized deputy. The chief deputy treasurer, and each other
deputy treasurer, shall take receipts for all moneys paid from
the treasury department; and receipt for moneys received by him
shall be endorsed upon warrants, signed by the Comptroller, or
such deputy as may be authorized to do so by law, without which
warrants so signed no acknowledgment of money received in the
treasury shall be valid. The exercise of the powers conferred
upon the chief deputy treasurer, and each other deputy treasurer
by this section, shall be subject to all of the limitations
imposed by law upon the Treasurer in the performance of such
powers. [The chief deputy treasurer and each other deputy
treasurer shall act as such only during the pleasure of the
Treasurer, and the power to act as such chief deputy treasurer or
deputy treasurer, may be terminated at any time by the Treasurer
for any cause which he may deem sufficient. In the event of
sickness or absence of the Treasurer, the power of the chief
deputy treasurer or any other deputy treasurer to act. as such may