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other than such sum as the county commissioners shall designate, upon
the receipt of the statement hereinbefore directed to be made monthly to.
them by the collector; and it shall be the duty of the commissioners, in
designating what money the said collector shall thus monthly retain, to
fix such sum as will bear the same proportion to his entire salary, that the
amount of taxes collected and reported by him bears to the whole amount
of taxes levied; and upon their final settlement with said collector it shall
be their duty to authorize the payment to the collector of such balance of
his salary as may be due him.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 109. 1880, ch. 316.

159. Upon the written complaint of one or more of the sureties upon
the bond of any constable appointed in and for said county, submitted to
the county commissioners, alleging that said constable has been guilty of
drunkenness, or has in any manner been derelict in his duty as constable,
the county commissioners shall immediately summon before them said
constable and his sureties, and if after a due and proper examination it
shall appear to them that said charges have been sustained, they shall
thereupon require said constable to file a counter bond, or renew his bond
within thirty days; and in the event of the failure of the constable to file
a counter bond, or renew his bond as above prescribed, they shall revoke
his commission, and after publication in one or more newspapers of the
county for two weeks that a new appointment will be made for the election
district from which said dismissed constable has been appointed, they
shall appoint a proper person from the same district to act as constable
for the unexpired term.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 110. 1872, ch. 278. 1874, ch. 141. 1874, ch. 145.
1876, ch. 72. 1878, ch. 240. 1878, ch. 248. 1884, ch. 155.
1886, Ch. 357.

160. To redeem the county bonds heretofore issued according to law,
and now outstanding, the county commissioners shall annually levy upon
the assessable property of the county a tax sufficient to pay the interest
on said bonds, and the principal thereof as the same shall from time to
time mature; and if they shall deem it expedient, they may levy a tax
not exceeding twenty cents on the hundred dollars on the assessable prop-
erty of the county, in each and every year, for the purpose of raising a
sinking fund to enable them to pay off the bonded indebtedness of the
county; said fund when so raised shall be used exclusively in the payment
or purchase of the bonded debt of the county, or in the purchase of the
bonds of the Western Maryland railroad company, endorsed by Washing-
ton county.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 116. 1888, ch. 330.

161. The county commissioners are authorized, in their discretion, to
subscribe to the capital stock of any turnpike company which may be
now or hereafter chartered under the laws of this State, and within the
bounds of said county; provided, however, that the said commissioners