1732 ARTICLE 7.

to receive the same, and who shall perform the several duties of his office
prescribed by law.*

1902, ch. 39.

45. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners of Carroll
County to pay over annually to the Mayor and Common Council of
Westminster one-fourth of the franchise tax the said County Commis-
sioners shall receive under the provisions of Section 90 of Article 81 of
the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, from every savings bank,
institution or corporation organized for receiving deposits of money and
paying interest thereon, located in the City of Westminster and having
its principal office therein.

COUNTY TREASURER AND CLERK TO THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 7, sec, 2'3. 1872, ch. 232.

46. The legal voters of Carroll County, at each general election held
in said county, shall elect by ballot a treasurer for said county, who shall
also be clerk to the County Commissioners; the said treasurer, before he
enters upon the duties of his office, shall take an oath, in due form of law,
to well and faithfully perform the duties of county treasurer and clerk
to the County Commissioners, and shall also execute and deliver to the
County Commissioners a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by
them, in the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, for the faithful per-
formance of his duty as treasurer; and if the said treasurer shall fail to
execute said bond within sixty days after he shall have been appointed
or elected, he shall forfeit his office, and the County Commissioners shall
declare the said office vacant, and shall proceed to fill the same by the
appointment of some suitable person for the remainder of the term for
which he shall have been elected or appointed; and such appointee, before
he enters upon the duties of his office, shall execute and deliver a bond
of the same tenor and in like manner, and take an oath in due form of
law to faithfully perform the duties of his office as hereinbefore directed;
the County Commissioners may, at any time, demand of said treasurer
such further bond, with such further security, as in their judgment the
interest of the county may require, and shall prescribe for the said treas-
urer office hours, during which said office shall be kept open.
Treasurer elected every four years under Art. 17 of Md. Constitution.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 7, sec. 24. 1872, ch. 232. 1902, ch. 42. 1924, ch. 64.

47. The said treasurer and clerk shall be entitled to such compensation
as the County Commissioners may think proper, not exceeding two thou-
sand dollars per annum; he shall receive and pay over according to the
directions of law or the order of the County Commissioners the proceeds
of all taxes levied in said county, and shall keep full accounts of all

*Sec. 2, ch. 109, 1894, repealed all Acts inconsistent therewith.