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from the date of such sale, and the cost of the Treasurer's deed to the pur-
chaser, if any such deed has been executed, and upon paying the expense
of securing the title to himself.

1914, ch. 182. 1920 Code, sec. 349.

268. The Treasurer shall issue whenever requested and upon the pay-
ment to him of a fee of fifty cents, a certified statement over his signature
of all taxes assessed since the first day of January, 1915, that may be due
and unpaid at the time of making said certificate and are a lien upon any
certain real estate located in Worcester County and on any tax sale affect-
ing said piece of property since that date. The said certificate shall be
a bar to the collection or recovery from any purchaser of real estate after
the issue of said certificate of any tax or assessment omitted therefrom,
and which may be a lien upon the real estate mentioned therein, but said
certificate shall not affect the liability therefor of the person who owned
the real estate at the time such tax was levied, or at any time after such
levy and before the issue of said certificate, and said Treasurer shall be
responsible to said county for any loss of taxes that may arise from error
in said certificate.

1914, ch. 182. 1920 Code, sec. 350.

269. The Treasurer shall receive as compensation for his services as
Treasurer and as Clerk to the County Commissioners an annual salary
of two thousand dollars payable by Worcester County monthly.

1914, oh. 182. 1920 Code, sec. 351.

270. The Treasurer shall appoint a deputy, who shall perform such
duties as the said Treasurer may require, and for whose official conduct
said Treasurer shall be responsible, and who shall act instead and place
in his absence, and said clerk shall be paid an annual salary of $1,000.00
by Worcester County.

1914, ch. 182. 1920 Code, sec. 352.

271. The said County Treasurer shall be subject to removal from
office at all times by the County Commissioners of Worcester County on
account of gross mental or physical incapacity by reason of ill health to
perform the duties of the office; or by the Judges of the Circuit Court for
Worcester County upon conviction of wilful neglect of duty, misdemeanor
or malfeasance in office, and said conviction shall be based upon present-
ment and indictment by the Grand Jury of Worcester County.

1914, ch. 182. 1920 Code, sec. 353.

272. The County Commissioners shall appoint and furnish the Treas-
urer an office in the Court House for the transaction of his official busi-
ness, which office shall be the County Commissioners' office, and the said
office shall be open for that purpose each day of the year, Sunday and
legal holidays excepted, from 9 o'clock A. M. to 4 P. M.