THOMAS SWANN. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 585
year, for the collection of State and County Tax-
es ; not more than one collector shall be appointed
in each tax collection district, as provided in the
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preceding Section ; said collector shall give a bond
to the State of Maryland in the full sum of State
taxes placed in their hands, respectively, for col-
lection, and, also, a bond to the State of Mary-
land, for the use of the County Commissioners of
Baltimore County, in the full sum of County Tax-
es placed in their hands, respectively, for collec-
tion ; said bonds to be approved by the County
Commissioners of said county, and to be given
within ten days from the date of appointment, and
upon failure to do so, the County Commissioners
to appoint a successor.
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Give bond.
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Sec. 57. And be it enacted, That the Commis-
sioners, as compensation allowed to said collectors
for the collection of said taxes, shall not be less
than two per centum nor more than seven per
centum ; the commissions allowed to said collec-
tors shall be fixed by the County Commissioners
in each of the several tax collection districts, but
shall not be above the maximum nor below the
minimum herein prescribed, upon all sums collect-
ed and paid over ; and it shall be the duty of the
County Commissioners to levy for the said com-
missions allowed collectors, in the general levy of
State and County taxes, said commissions to be
estimated upon the whole amount to be placed in
the hands of each collector.
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Compensa-
tion.
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Sec. 58. And be it enacted, It shall be the duty
of the several collectors of taxes to pay over, un-
der oath, to the Treasurer of the State of Mary-
land and the Treasurer of Baltimore County, re-
spectively, on the first Tuesday of the next month
after said taxes are placed in their hands for col-
lection, and on the first Tuesday in each and every
month thereafter, the amount collected by them,
until the collections are completed ; and on a fail-
ure to make such monthly payments, the delinquent
collector may be removed by the County Commis-
sioners, and at the end of the time herein allowed
for the collections aforesaid by said collectors, they
and each of them, shall make, to the County
Treasurer, a full and complete return, under oath,
of the whole amount of taxes collected by them
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Duty of
collectors.
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