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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

bank, one the president of a building andloan association, one
a member of the Baltimore Bar, and the other to be selected
as may be deemed advisable by the Governor, and such
Commissioners shall hold office not exceeding two years, and
shall serve without compensation.

Shall examine
laws and
report to next
General
Assembly.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty
of said Commissioners to examine all the laws of the State of
Maryland relating to the formation, organization and regula-
tion of State banks, savings banks, fidelity and trust com-
panies and building and loan associations, and to make such
recommendations to the General Assembly Session of nineteen
hundred and two for amendments, additions, revisions and
repeal of such laws as may seem expedient to such Commis-
sioners.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from and after the date of its passage.
Approved April 7, 1900.

CHAPTER 455,
AN ACT to repeal Section eight of Chapter three hundred
and seventeen, Acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-
six, entitled "An Act to create a Treasurer for Howard
County and to provide for the collection of taxes therein,"
and to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections five,
seven and ten of said chapter.

Treasurer
for Howard
County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section eight of Chapter three hundred and seven-
teen, Acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, be and the
same is hereby repealed, and Sections five, seven and ten of
said chapter be and the same are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows, to wit:

When unpaid
taxes shall
bear interest.

5. All taxes unpaid on the first day of October following
the levy shall bear interest from said first day of October until
paid at the rate of six per centum per annum, and said treas-
urer shall account for said interest in his settlement with the
County Commissioners.

Duties of the
treasurer.

7. It shall be the duty of the treasurer, as soon as the
annual tax levy shall have been made and placed in his hands,
to prepare the bill for each taxpayer, and, on application, he
shall forward the bill by mail or otherwise, or deliver the
same to the person or corporate institution to whom the prop-
erty included in such bill is assessed, and proceed to collect.