CALVERT COUNTY. 1485

1900, ch. 333, sec. 2.

165. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners to levy for the
use of the county treasurer annually, in advance, such sums of money as
they may deem sufficient to discharge all claims which may accrue for
the attendance of said officers, jurors and witnesses for the terms of the
Circuit Court, the first levy to begin with the April levy of the year nine-
teen hundred, and their failure to do so shall be deemed a misdemeanor,
for which they shall be individually liable to punishment by fine or im-
prisonment, or both, upon trial and conviction in the Circuit Court for
said county, as in cases of other misdemeanors.

1900, ch. 333, sec. 3.

166. For the purpose of enabling the said Commissioners of Calvert
County to pay in cash the said officers, jurors and witnesses who may be
in attendance upon the sessions of the Circuit Court for said county dur-
ing the year nineteen hundred and thereafter in cash, without thereby
increasing materially the tax rate of said county; the said County Com-
missioners are hereby authorized and directed, from time to time, as may
be necessary, to borrow, not exceeding four thousand dollars, and to that
end they are empowered and directed to issue the bonds of said county in
sums of not less than one hundred dollars each, to the amount of four
thousand dollars, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent,
payable annually; the said bonds to be all payable at the end of eight
years, and to be redeemable to the amount of five hundred dollars per
annum; the said bonds to be signed by the Commissioners, countersigned
and registered by the Clerk of the Board, not to be sold for less than the
par value thereof, to be exempt from, county taxation; and the County
Commissioners shall from time to time levy in advance upon the assess-
able property of the county such sums as may be necessary for the prompt
payment of the interest due on said bonds, and also for payment of the
principal thereof when the same may become due. All moneys received
from the sale of said bonds shall be paid to the County Treasurer, and
all the moneys levied for the payment of the principal and interest of
the same shall be levied for the use of said treasurer; and any failure on
the part of the Commissioners to comply with the provisions of the sec-
tion shall subject them to the penalties prescribed by the preceding section.

1900, ch. 333, sec. 4.

167. The treasurer shall collect, receive and disburse all moneys which
may come into his hands as treasurer for the payment of the jurors, wit-
nesses, bailiffs, messengers and criers attending the Circuit Court for
Calvert County, and for the payment of the bonds and the interest thereon
in conformity to the provisions of this Act, and discharge all other duties
herein imposed upon him; and for the purpose of making said disburse-
ments he shall attend at the court house during the sessions of the Cir-
cuit Court; he shall keep a complete set of books showing the receipt of
all moneys received by him as treasurer for the purposes of this subtitle