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such, execute and deliver a good and sufficient bond to the said town of
Bel Air in the penalty of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful
performance of his duties as treasurer; said bond to be approved by the
said Town Commissioners; and if at any time a vacancy shall occur in
said office, the said commissioners shall at once make a new appointment
for the residue of the term.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 92.

104. In case any person appointed as treasurer shall fail to execute
the bond required in the preceding section, within one week after his
appointment, the said commissioners shall declare said office vacant and
at once proceed to fill the same by the appointment of a suitable person
for the residue of the term, who shall qualify as aforesaid.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 93.

105. The treasurer of the town of Bel Air shall be the collector of all
taxes which may be levied by the Town Commissioners and shall receive
all moneys which may be due said town from any source whatsoever, and
shall pay all claims against said town when certified to him by the Town
Commissioners, but he shall not pay any claim against said town without
deducting from the amount thereof all and' every sum or sums due or
owing to said town for taxes or otherwise by the holder of said claim,
and no assignment of such claim to avoid such deduction shall be valid.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 94.

106. The treasurer of the town of Bel Air shall at all times inform
himself by all lawful means of all lawful property, stock or investments
in said town liable to taxation and not included in the list of assessments,
and of all new buildings and improvements, and of all property created
or acquired since the last revised assessment, and he shall value the same
at the full cash value thereof, and shall make return thereof to the Town
Commissioners; and for the purpose of this section the said treasurer
shall be clothed with the power of general assessor of said town, and shall
receive a fee of twenty-five cents for each assessment made by him of new
or missed property, and his valuation shall be subject to revision and
correction by the said Town Commissioners, whose decision shall be final.
Before any assessment made as aforesaid shall become valid, five days'
notice thereof in writing shall be given to the owner of the property to
be assessed, and if such owner be not found within the limits of said
town, then the same shall be given to the person in possession of the
property to be assessed or in whose custody the same may be, or if it be
land and no one is in the apparent occupancy thereof, then such notice
shall be posted upon such land.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 95.

107. It shall be the duty of said treasurer as soon as the annual levy

is made and placed in his hands to give notice thereof by advertisement

inserted in one newspaper published in said town for two weeks, stating