1916

HARFORD COUNTY.

several and respective duties hereby imposed, which bond shall
be recorded in the clerk's office of the county court of said
county, and a copy thereof, under the seal of said court, shall
be as sufficient evidence us the original would be, if produced
and proved, and the said clerk, when appointed, shall also take
and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, as the case may

Oath.

be, to wit: I, A. B. do swear or affirm, that as clerk to the
commissioners of Harford county, I will honestly and faithfully,
to the best of my skill and judgment, execute the duties of said
office, without favour, affection or prejudice, so help me God!
which outh or affirmation, any one of the said commissioners is
hereby authorized to administer, and the said clerk shall be
subject to the same penalties and forfeitures for non-perfor-

Neglect of
duty.

mance or neglect of official duty, as are prescribed by the ex-
isting laws, in relation as well to the several matters and things
which the clerk of the county court of said county may be le-
gally directed, and required to perform, under the authority of
the levy court, as likewise to those which appertain to the
office of the present clerk of the commissioners of the tax for
said court.

Vacancy of
clerk.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in case of a vacancy oc-
curring in the office of clerk to the commissioners as created
by this act, in consequence of death, resignation, removal or
disqualification, the same shall be supplied as soon thereafter
as may be practicable in the manner prescribed and directed by
the preceding section of this act.

Compensa-
tion of
clerk.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said clerk of the com-
missioners to be appointed in virtue of this act as aforesaid,
shall be entitled to receive as compensation for his services
such sum annually, as the said commissioners may direct, not
exceeding the sum of three hundred dollars, to be levied on
the assessable property of said county, collected and paid over
as the other county charges.

County
clerk to de-
liver books
and papers,
lists, &c.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That upon the appointment of
a clerk to the commissioners as aforesaid, the clerk of Harford
county court shall upon demand of said clerk to the commis-
sioners, by the order of the said commissioners, forthwith de-
liver over to the said clerk of the commissioners, all the books,
accounts, papers and documents, belonging to, or in any man-
ner appertaining to the said levy court of said county, and shall
annually, on or before the second Monday of June, furnish to,
and lay before the said commissioners, all copies of such lists,
accounts, papers and documents, as may be useful and neces-
sary to the said commissioners in ascertaining the county
charges, and according to the directions which he may from

Compensa-
tion.

time to time receive from the said commissioners, for which
services he shall have and receive such fees as by law he is
entitled to for like services ; and in case said clerk of Harford