686 HOWARD COUNTY. [ART.IS.

August, in the year for which the taxes are levied; and the col-
lector appointed under this article shall receive credit from the
treasurer of the county for all such deductions shown to have
been actually made by said collector in accordance with this
article.

18*. It shall be the duty of the sheriff of said county, from
and after the last day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty, to
collect all arrears of the taxes levied in the year eighteen hun-
dred and fifty-nine, and before he shall enter upon said duty ho
shall give additional bond and security to the State of Maryland
for the faithful performance of his duties according to the exist-
ing tax laws, and said bond shall be filed in the office of the
Circuit Court for Howard county and be by the clerk of said court
recorded; and in case of failure of the sheriff to execute said
bond, he shall incur a penalty of one thousand dollars, recover-
able for the use of the State by indictment in the Circuit Court
for said county; and his returns and payments to the State and
county hereinafter provided for shall be verified by oath made
before some justice of the peace.

19*. From and after the expiration of the term for which the
present treasurer of Howard county has been elected, or at his
death or resignation, in case either should take place previously
to the expiration of said term, the office of treasurer of said
county shall be and'is hereby declared to bo abolished; and
thenceforth all the duties by this article imposed upon the said
treasurer shall be performed by the commissioners of the
county, and all accounts, returns, statements and payments of
collectors, by this law required to be made to said treasurer,
shall be made to said commissioners; and said treasurer shall at
the expiration of his term of service transfer and deliver to the
commissioners of the county all books, accounts, money and
papers of every kind and nature whatsoever, in any way con-
nected with the administration of his office.

20*. The said commissioners may allow the said treasurer, as a
salary for his services as treasurer and clerk of commissioners, a
sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars per annum; and after
the expiration of his term the said commissioners may appoint a
clerk, and allow him a salary not exceeding five hundred dollars
per annum; and they may prescribe the duties of the said clerk,
and they may require him to give bond for the faithful perform-
ance of the duties of his office. ,