THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 595

are authorized to publish in a newspaper published in the county ; and on failure to complete within twelve months from the day and date of receiving said taxes the collection and return of the whole amount thereof to the County Treasurer, (except such sums as the County Commissioners, upon ex-. animation of the returns of said Collectors, may determine to be and to have been uncollectable,) their bonds shall be liable for the same, and the County Commissioners shall cause suit to be brought on the bond given for the collection of county taxes to the next terra of the County Court thereafter, and the said court is hereby author- ized, upon motion of the Attorney of said Com- missioners, after notice to said Collectors and their sureties, to take judgment for such amount as may be found due by them for the non-payment of said taxes.	Suit in bond.
46. The County Commissioners for Prince George's County shall, from and after the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, lay their annual levy for State and county taxes on or before the last Monday in March in each and every year, and each Collector shall be furnished by the Clerk of said Commissioners with a list of the assessments in his hands for collection on or before the fifteenth day of April thereafter.	Annual levy.
47. The County Commissioners of Prince George's County shall, on the second Tuesday in May next, and on the same day every two years thereafter, appoint a County Treasurer, who shall hold his office for five years, or until his successor is appointed and qualified, and be re-eligible thereto, subject at all times to removal by the said County Commissioners for any neglect of duty or misbehavior in office.	County Trea- surer.
48. The person so appointed County Treasurer shall, before he enters on the duties of his office, take an oath in due form of law, faithfully to per- form the duties of his office ; he shall execute and deliver to the County Commissioners a good and sufficient bond to be approved by them, in the sum of thirty thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of his duty as Treasurer ; and in case of his default to execute said bond within ten days from the date of his appointment, the County	Oath.