EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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estate by the Treasurer under the provisions of this Act there

shall also be allowed to said Treasurer from the proceeds of

the sale, in addition to other fees and expenses, a reasonable

Counsel fees.

sum for counsel fees, not exceeding ten dollars, for reporting

said sale to and procuring the ratification thereof by the Cir-

cuit Court for Talbot County.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer shall de-

posit in the manner hereinafter provided all county taxes and

all moneys due said county and collected by him; and when

said county taxes for any year shall have been collected in full

he shall deliver to the County Commissioners a statement of

Statement of
deposits.

deposits showing such collection in full, and he shall also

pay into the Treasury of the State of Maryland, according to

law, all the State taxes levied in said county and collected by

him and in the manner hereinbefore prescribed, and he shall

be allowed two years from the date of each levy placed in his

hands for collection to complete the collection thereof, and to

make his final settlement with said County Commissioners and

with the Treasurer of Maryland, respectively ; and immediately

after the expiration of said two years it shall be the duty of the

County Commissioners to bring suit upon the bond of said

Treasurer for all county taxes in his hands uncollected or un-

accounted for to said County Commissioners.

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That all claims for erroneous,

Claims for un-

insolvent or uncollectible tax bills for which said Treasurer

collectible tax

shall claim a credit shall be presented to the County Commis-

bills.

sioners before or at the time specified for said final settlement;

and in no case shall said Commissioners allow credit for erro-

neous, insolvent or uncollectible taxes unless satisfactory

proof be produced under oath that the same cannot be collected.

SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That upon the death, resignation

or removal of the Treasurer during his term of office, or upon

Duties of
Treasurer in

the expiration of his term of office, the County Commissioners

connection

of Talbot County may direct the said Treasurer or his per-

with his suc-
cessor.

sonal representatives to deliver over to his successor in office,

duly qualifiedj all uncollected taxes due upon the levies with

which he was charged, and also to deliver over the notice,

schedules and other proceedings had for the enforcement of the

payment of said taxes ; and in such cases the said successor in

office, upon the delivery of the bills for such taxes, shall be em-

powered and required to enforce the payment of said taxes in

the same manner as his predecessors could have done; and

he shall have all the powers and authority in law with which his

predecessor was clothed for that purpose ; and in such cases the