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where the said court has not passed any decree or final order relating to the
subject under investigation.

REGISTER OF WILLS.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 24, sec. 224. 1920 Code, sec. 323.

242. The register of wills of said county, in the recess of the Orphans'
Court of said County, may pas's any account or claim against the estate
of a deceased person for any amount not exceeding one hundred dollars,
and on the return of any inventory of the personal estate of a deceased
person, may pass an order for a public sale of the property contained
therein, in a case where by law, said court could have passed such order.

REVENUE AND TAXES.

1914, oh. 182. 1920 Code, sec. 324.

243. At the next General State Election to be held in Maryland in
November, 1915,* and every fourth year thereafter, a County Treasurer
for Worcester County shall be elected by the duly qualified voters of said
County; and said County Treasurer so elected shall hold office for the
term of four years counting from the first day of January following his
said election, unless sooner removed, or if appointed as hereinafter pre-
scribed then for the balance of said term of four years counting from the
first day of January following the time for the regular election of a
County Treasurer, provided, however, that the incumbent of said office
shall hold over until his duly elected or appointed successor qualifies as
County Treasurer aforesaid. And no one shall be deemed qualified or
eligible for the office of County Treasurer who is not a resident and a
registered voter of said County and who is not above twenty-five years of
age and a taxpayer in Worcester County.

1914, ch. 182. 1920 Code, sec. 325.

244. The Treasurer of Worcester County shall be the collector of all
State taxes and of all County taxes for whatsoever purposes levied or to
be levied for or within said County during the term of his office, or that
may be placed in his hands for collection, and he shall have full power and
it shall be his duty to receive and collect all State and County taxes levied,
as aforesaid, after this Act shall take effect and so put in his hands for
collection and all moneys which may be duo said County with full power
to enforce the payments of the same by sale or otherwise, as hereinafter
prescribed, and to convey title to any real or personal estate sold by him
for the payment of State or County taxes in the manner prescribed by
the succeeding sections; and all taxes levied in said Worcester County
after the first day of January, 1915, for State and County purposes shall
be collected by the County Treasurer.

*All elective county officers are now elected in even years for four-year terms
under Art. 17 of Md. Constitution.