EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.
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of office shall be for two years from the date of his confirma-
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tion, or until his successor shall have been duly appointed and
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qualified.
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140. Sub-Section 12. The said collector shall be liable for
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Liable for
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all taxes remaining uncollected after the first day of July in
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taxes uncol-
lected after
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each year that may have been levied at the last preceding levy :
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certain date.
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and the Mayor and Council shall enter suit upon the bond of the
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said collector and treasurer at the term of the Circuit Court
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for Wicomico County next succeeding the July term of the
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said court ; provided, that judgment shall not be for such of the
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unpaid taxes as may have been assessed in error or could not
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have been collected by legal proceedings or that may be in-
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solvent.
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140. Sub-Section 13. The said clerk and collector shall at-
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Clerk to attend
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tend all meetings of the Council, and shall be at the room of
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all meetings
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the City Council daily, except Sunday, from nine A.M. Lo
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of Council.
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four P.M.
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140. Sub-Section 14. He shall make itemized statements at
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Monthly item-
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each regular monthly meeting of the Council, and as often as
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ized state-
ment.
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required by them, of all operating expenses and all money re-
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ceived and expended during the month, and a like statement
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to the Mayor when requested by him ; and it shall be his duty
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to collect all taxes levied during his term of office, and to pay
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over to his successor all money not paid out ; and provided, that
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the outgoing treasurer shall have as full and ample power,
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after the expiration of his office, to collect unpaid taxes as he
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had before his term had expired, and by the same remedies,
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to January I next succeeding the expiration of his term.
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140. Sub-Section 15. He shall keep a diligent lookout for
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Property not
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all property not assessed, improvements and property brought
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assessed.
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into the town, and report the same to the Council for taxation.
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140. Sub-Section 16. The books of the said collector shall
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Annual audit
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be audited on or about the first day of July of each year by
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of books.
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some competent person, to be appointed by the Mayor of the
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said city.
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140. Sub-Section 17. Whenever the property, real or per-
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May purchase
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sonal, shall be exposed for sale by the said collector for taxes
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land sold for
taxes for use
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under the provisions of this law, the collector or clerk of the
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of munici-
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said Council, or the Mayor, may bid for and purchase the same
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pality.
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at the sale thereof for the use of the said Mayor and Council ;
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provided, that the sum bid shall not in any case exceed the
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