JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That in addition to the
officers provided by Section ten of Chapter four hundred and
sixty- one, Acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the
corporation may elect a treasurer, who shall take the oath
provided in said Section ten of Chapter four hundred and
sixty-one, Acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.

May elect a
treasurer.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the stockholders of
said corporation shall be liable to the amount of their respec-
tive share or shares of stock in said corporation for all its
debts and its liabilities upon note, bill or otherwise.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
' from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1900.

CHAPTER 529.
AN ACT to repeal Sections 261, 262C, 262N and 262^ of the
Code of Public Local Laws, title "Harford County," sub-
title "Taxes and County Treasurer," as enacted by the Act
of eighteen hundred and ninety -eight, Chapter two hundred
and four, and to re-enact the same with amendments.

Liability of
stockholders.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 261, 262C, 262N and 262Q of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Harford County,"
sub-title "Taxes and County Treasurer," as enacted by the
Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, Chapter two hun-
dred and four, be and the same are hereby repealed and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

Harford Co.
Taxes and
County
Treasurer.

261. The Treasurer of Harford County shall be the collector
of all State and county taxes for said county, however levied,
and shall receive all moneys which may be due said county
from any source whatever, and shall pay all claims against said
county when certified to him by the County Commissioners,
but he shall not pay any claim against said county without
deducting from the amount thereof all and every sum or sums
due or owing to said county for taxes or otherwise by the
holder of said claim, and no assignment of such claim to avoid
such deduction shall be valid.

Treasurer
shall be collec-
tor of taxes.

262C. Immediately after the 1st day of February in each
year the Treasurer shall make up a list of all delinquent tax-
payers and the amounts for which they are respectively in
arrear, and if the said taxes are not paid on or before the 2oth
day of said month, he shall immediately thereafter cause the

Shall make list
of delinquent
taxpayers.