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and there be found no deficiency, the cost of weighing shall be paid by the
Treasurer of Howard County.

1924, ch. 258, sec. 38F.

58. The provisions of this subdivision of this Article shall not apply
to the sale of coal or coke by the single bushel, half-bushel or peck, nor
to sales of coal or coke by manifest weight in car or cargo lots. All
penalties provided for in this sub-division of this Article when recovered
shall be paid to the Treasurer of Howard County.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY COLLECTORS.*

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 14, sec. 39. 1860, Art. 13, sec. 4. 1892, ch. 452.

59. There shall be three county commissioners for Howard county.+

1910, ch. 276 (p. 912).

60. The County Commissioners of Howard County shall each receive
an annual salary of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750), in lieu of
all other compensation, per diem or mileage.

1927, ch. 451.

61. It shall be unlawful from and after the 1st day of July, 1927, for
the County Commissioners of Howard County to make, or issue, any
promissory notes, script, certificates of indebtedness or certificates that
money will be levied for any particular purpose or for the use of any
person. Any County Commissioner of Howard County signing any such
promissory note, script, certificate of indebtedness or certificate that
money will b© levied for any particular purpose or for the use of any
person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall
pay a fine of not less than Two Hundred and Eifty Dollars ($250.00)
or more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), in the discretion of
the Court, and the costs of the prosecution. Provided, however, that noth-
ing in this Section contained shall prevent the County Commissioners of
Howard County from issuing bonds on the faith and credit of said Coun-
ty when the issuance of the same has been expressly authorized by the
General Assembly of Maryland.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 14, sec. 40. 1872, ch. 314.

62. Howard county is divided into three collection districts, as fol-
lows : the first and second election districts compose the first collection
district; the third and fourth election districts compose the second col-
lection district; and the fifth and sixth election district compose the third
collection district.

*Ch. 450, 1927, authorized Commissioners to issue $200,000 of bonds to pay for-
floating indebtedness.

tCh. 452 of 1892 provided a six-year term, one commissioner to be elected every
two years. Article 17 of the Constitution adopted in 1922 provides that all elec-
tive county officials be elected every four years.