PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1031

of his term of office, and annually thereafter, he shall give bond
to the State of Maryland for the use of the mayor and alder-
men of Frederick, in a penalty of thirty thousand dollars, with
some reliable bonding company as security thereon to be
approved by the board of aldermen and to be recorded in the
office of the clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick County,
the condition of said bond being that if the above bound shall
well and faithfully execute the office of city register of Fred-
erick City and tax collector for said city, and shall account for
any pay over to the mayor and aldermen of Frederick, the sev-
eral sums of money which he shall receive for the mayor and
aldermen of Frederick, or be answerable for by law, at such
times as the law and ordinances of said city and the orders and
resolutions of said board of aldermen shall direct, then the
said obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full
force and virtue in law. The board of aldermen shall have the
right to require of the city register and collector of taxes a
new bond whenever in their opinion the existing bond is insuffi-
cient. The city register shall have the keeping of the common
seal of the corporation; which shall be circular in form and
shall have engraved around its margin the words "Corporation
of Frederick, Maryland," and upon its center an eagle. The
corporation seal shall be used by the city register in all cases
provided by ordinance, and in all cases where a corporate seal
may be necessary. All fees by him received shall be paid over
to the mayor and aldermen of Frederick; he shall receive and
take into his charge all monies of said corporation, whether
arising from fines, licenses, taxes and forfeitures, or in any
other way whatsoever, and deposit it in bank in the name of
the mayor and aldermen of Frederick, to be disbursed only in
the payment of claims against said corporation, properly allowed
and for such purpose as may be directed by the board of alder-
men, on warrants signed by himself and countersigned by the
mayor. He shall kecp a bank-book to contain regular entries
of all monies by him deposited, and of all checks by him drawn;
he shall keep a regular and fair account in a book or books,
in folio, of all monies by. him received and expended on account
of said corporation. All of the powers, duties and obligations
which were heretofore vested in the board of supervisors of
elections and board of canvassers are hereby vested in the city
register; and whenever the word "Board of Supervisors of
Elections," "Board of Supervisors," "Supervisors of Election,"
"Supervisors," "Board of Canvassers" or "Canvassing Board"
appear in the charter of the corporation of Frederick, said
words shall be construed to mean city register, or such other