3348 ARTICLE 16.

recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County.

Said clerk may, in the discretion of the County Commissioners, be al-
lowed an assistant or assistants at a salary not to exceed $1,500.00 per
annum for each of said assistants, said assistant or assistants to be bonded
in the sum of $500.00.

All vacancies in the office of clerk shall be filled by the County Com-
missioners.

He shall give his personal attendance at and keep open the office of
County Commissioners during business hours on every week day except-
ing legal holidays. He shall have charge of all records, books, etc., be-
longing to the office of the County Commissioners, and shall not allow
any of them to be removed or taken from said office, except in obedience
of a summons or order of a court of law or equity of this State, and shall
deliver same to his successor, and shall perform such other duties as are
authorized or directed by the County Commissioners, not inconsistent
with law.

COUNTY TREASURER.
1920, ch. 706. 1922, ch. 410, sec. 128A.

199. There shall be a Treasurer of Montgomery County, who shall be
a resident and qualified voter of said county, and not less than twenty-
five years of age on the date of his election; he shall be elected at the
general election held in said Montgomery County in November, 1921, and
shall hold his office for the term of four years from the first Tuesday of
May next succeeding the date of his election, and upon the expiration of
his term his successor shall be elected in the manner provided in this
section. The County Commissioners of Montgomery County are hereby
directed to provide the Treasurer with suitable office space in the Court
House at Rockville. The Attorney to the County Commissioners for
Montgomery County is hereby required and directed to advise and give
legal assistance to the said Treasurer when requested by the latter so to
do, as well as to furnish him with a written legal opinion on any point
arising in the performance of the duties of the said County Treasurer.
The Treasurer shall devote his personal attention to the duties of the office,
and the County Treasurer's office shall be open for the transaction of busi-
ness during the business hours of each week during his term, excepting
legal holidays. The County Commissioners are hereby authorized and
directed to pay the County Treasurer such sums of money as may be re-
quired each year for postage, stationery and other incidental office ex-
penses.

Under Art. 17 of Md. Constitution the county officials now elected in even num-
bered years.

1912, ch. 790, sec. 129.

200. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of said office the
Treasurer of Montgomery County shall take and subscribe before the clerk
of the Circuit Court for said county the oath prescribed in Section 6 of
Article 1 of the Constitution of the State, and shall give a bond, to be
executed by himself and some surety or guarantee company incorporated