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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

General Assembly of Maryland, and at the general

election of delegates every four years thereafter,

there shall be a County Treasurer for Prince George

Elected.

county elected by the qualified voters of said county,

who shall hold his office for four years, and until

a successor is elected and qualified ; and any person

holding the office of county treasurer shall be eligible

thereto, subject at all times to be removed for willful

neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in office, upon con-

viction in a court of law.

Take oath.

48. The county treasurer hereafter to be elected

shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office,

take an oath in due form of law, to perform the du-

ties of his office; he shall also execute a good and

sufficient bond in the penalty of fifty thousand dol-

lars, for the faithful performance of his duty as trea-

surer, which bond shall be approved by the judges

of the circuit court, only upon a certificate of the

Give bond.

Clerk of the County Commissioners of Prince George

county attached, giving the assessment of each per-

son signing said bond, as appears from the assess-

ment books of said county ; and also a certificate of

the clerk of the circuit court for said county, certi-

fying that the within bonds appear good for the pen-

alty of same, over and above all judgments, mort-

gages or liens of any kind to be found in his office ;

and in case of his default to execute such a bond,

within thirty days after his election, the Governor of

the State of Maryland shall appoint another in his

stead, and so on until a treasurer has bonded as re-

quired by this section.

51. In case of death or resignation of said treasurer

Death or resig-

during his term of office, the Governor of the State

nation.

of Maryland shall within twenty days thereafter,

appoint a county treasurer for the unexpired term

thus made vacant, who shall take the oath, give

the bond, and perform all the duties as hereinbefore

prescribed by law, but shall not take charge of or

collect any of the taxes that may be in the hands of

the late treasurer uncollected, for which the bond

of the late treasurer is responsible; the same shall

be collected by the existing laws for the collectors of

State and county taxes; where there is death or

resignation.