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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 30. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer shall ap-

Clerk to

point a clerk who shall perform such duties as he, the said

the Treas-
urer.

Treasurer, may require, and for whose official conduct said

Treasurer shall be responsible; and said clerk shall be paid

an annual salary of seven hundred and twenty dollars by. Tal-

bot County.

SEC. 31. And be it enacted, That the said County Treasurer

Subject to re-

shall be subject to removal from office at all times by the

moval for
certain

Judges of the Circuit Court for Talbot County upon convic-

causes.

tion for wilful neglect of duty, misdemeanors, or malfeasance

in office, and said conviction shall be upon presentment by

the grand jury of Talbot County.

SEC. 32. And be it enacted, That the County Commissioners

Treasurer's
office and

shall appoint and furnish the Treasurer an office in the Court

hours for

House for the transaction of his official business, and the said

business.

office shall be open for that purpose each day of the year,

Sundays and legal holidays excepted, from nine o'clock A.M.

until four o'clock P.M.

SEC. 33. And be it enacted, That the provisions of the Code

of Public General Laws of Maryland, now in force or here-

after enacted, applicable to collectors of State and county

Prior Acts in

taxes, except when the same are repealed by or are inconsistent

force.

with the provisions of this Act, shall be held to apply to the

Treasurer of Talbot County, who, as to his powers, rights,

duties and liabilities, both civil and criminal, and those of his

bond or bondsmen shall be in all respects in the same position

as State and county collectors of taxes except as herein pro-

vided.

SEC. 34. And be it enacted, That all Acts or parts of Acts

inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed

so far as they apply to Talbot County.

SEC. 35. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

on the first day of June, 1906.

Approved April 12, 1904.

CHAPTER 657.

AN ACT to add an additional section to Article 8 of the Code

of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Cecil County," to

be known as Section 124A, under a new sub-title of "Fraud

on Livery Stable Keepers," providing for the punishment

of person hiring horses or vehicles from livery stable keep-

ers in Cecil County to go a certain distance and using said

horses or vehicles for a greater distance.