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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

burse all moneys levied and collected for county purposes ac-

cording to the order of the County Commissioners, and pay

Moneys dis-

over to the Treasurer of Maryland as hereinafter directed in

bursed and

this sub-title of this Article, all money levied and collected

balance on
hand.

for the State in said county; he shall keep a separate account

of both State and county levies with each Collector, and shall

make and keep a duplicate of each receipt given for all public

moneys received by him; he shall make a quarterly statement

to the Commissioners, on the first Tuesday of each and every

quarter, in a report correctly exhibiting the condition of the

county finances under 'the control of his office; said state-

ment shall exhibit the amount of moneys received by him and

all sums of money due to the county from each Collector and

all other sources, and the year said sums were levied, the

amounts of money, if. any, borrowed by the Commissioners

and not yet paid; also the amount of money paid by him on

the order of the Commissioners and the object for which said

sums were paid, and moneys from the county and unpaid, and

the cash balance on hand and how deposited, and these state-

ments shall be made in a securely bound volume, properly

made and ruled for these special statements, and they shall

be open at all office hours to any and all taxpayers in said

county, he shall make monthly returns to the Comptroller of

the Treasury; he shall also serve and act as clerk to said Com-

missioners, and shall keep a record of the proceedings of the

Board of County Commissioners, and perform all such duties

as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by law for the

clerk of said Board; he shall keep said Commissioners' office

open from 9 o'clock A. M. until 3 o'clock P. M. each week day

Treasurer's

(except legal holidays); he shall have charge of all records,

duties.

books, etc., of said Commissioners' office, and shall not allow

any of them to be removed from said office, except in obedi-

ence to a summons or order of a legally constituted court

of this State and shall deliver the same to his legally qualified

successors; and before entering upon the duties of his office,

the Treasurer shall be required to give bond with sureties to

the State of Maryland, in such penalty as the Commissioners

may deem necessary to protect the public interest; provided,

it shall not be less than twenty-five thousand dollars, the same

to be approved by the Commissioners conditioned for the

faithful discharge of the duties of his office, as Treasurer and

clerk, and the faithful disbursements of all moneys received

by him for county purposes, according to the order and direc-

tion of the County Commissioners, and to punctually collect

and pay oyer to the Treasurer of Maryland all moneys re-

ceived by him for the State as herein prescribed and provided