ART. 16.] PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. 89

3. If there be no collector of State taxes appointed and quali-
fied in Prince George's county by the first day of August in
any year, the Governor shall appoint from any part of the State
a collector for said county, who shall give bond with a surety
or sureties, to be approved by the Governor or the judge of the
Circuit Court for Prince George's county, and to be recorded
and be in all respects on a footing with other collectors' bonds;
and a copy thereof certified by the clerk of the said county, in
whose office the same is recorded, shall by the said clerk be
forthwith transmitted to the Comptroller, and the said collector
shall have all the powers of other-collectors.

In force from March 10, 1864.

WITNESSES.

Chapter 148 adds the following Section:

4. Whenever the State's Attorney, or other person, lawfully,
representing the State in any civil or criminal proceeding, in
the Circuit Court for said county, shall deem it necessary, to
have the testimony of any person residing in the District of
Columbia, or elsewhere, out of the reach of process of said court;
and such person shall voluntarily attend any term of said court,
for the purpose of testifying for the State in such proceeding; it
shall be lawful for the judge of said court to allow said witness
so attending, such, sum as may be reasonable compensation for
the loss which he may sustain by such attendance, not to ex-
ceed ten dollars per diem; and certificates for the allowance so
made shall be issued by the Clerk of said county, and levied by
the County Commissioners of said county as in the case of all
other allowances to witnesses.

In force from February 18, 1864.