PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 769

the County Commissioners, and are authorized and required
to levy annually such amount as may be necessary for reim-
bursement thereof, and to issue warrants for such purposes
payable to the Mayor and Common Council of said town.

SEC. 26. At all elections to be held under the provisions of
this act on the first Monday in May, 1913, and every two years
thereafter there shall be one person elected as treasurer of
said town, who shall possess the same qualifications as are
herein prescribed in the case of the Mayor, to serve for two
years, and until his successor is elected and qualified, whose
duty it shall be to keep an account of the receipts and dis-
bursements of the corporation in a well-bound book to be pro-
vided by the Mayor and the Common Council, and of all
money so received by him, said treasurer before entering upon
his duties shall give bond in the penalty of not less than
$1,000.00 for the faithful performance of his duties hereun-
der, with some bonding company acceptable to the Mayor and
Common Council as surety, and the said bond shall be recorded
among the records of the said corporation; and said treasurer
shall qualify and enter upon the duties of his office on or before
the first Monday in June succeeding his election, and the fail-
ure to qualify within the time herein specified shall be deemed
a refusal to accept the office; in which case, as in the case of
death, resignation or refusal to act, some person having the
qualifications referred to above, shall be elected in his place
and stead by the Mayor and a majority vote of all the Common
Councilmen elected, provided that at the expiration of the
first 'year of the term of said treasurer and before the tax
bills for the next year are placed in his hands, he shall make
a full and complete settlement of all money received by him
and shall report the amount of and return all bills for taxes
which are delinquent tax bills and insolvencies as provided
herein, he shall be relieved of the amount so charged against
him and the amount of said bill shall at the beginning of the
second year of said term be placed in his hands and charged
to him under his bond as delinquent taxes to be collected
by him as such; and it is further provided that the said treas-
urer shall within one month after the expiration of his term
of oflfice make a full settlement of all moneys received by
him, and upon the failure to do this his bond shall be put in
suit. All moneys collected or received hereunder by said treas-
urer shall be disbursed by him upon the orders of the Mayor
and the Common Council in accordance with the ordinances
or regulations adopted by them respecting such disbursements
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