ART. 3.] BALTIMORE COUNTY.

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56. The county commissioners of Baltimore county
are hereby empowered and required to appoint not less
than thirteen collectors of taxes for Baltimore county,
upon the first Tuesday in May of each and every year,
for the collection of state and county taxes; not more
than one collector shall be appointed in each tax collec-
tion district, as provided in the preceding section; said

Collectors.

collector shall give a bond to the state of Maryland in
the full sum of state taxes placed in their hands, respec-
tively, for collection, and also, a bond to the state of
Maryland, for the use of the county commissioners of
Baltimore county, in the full sum of county taxes
placed in their hands, respectively, for collection; said
bonds to be approved by the county commissioners of
said county, and to be given within ten days from the
date of appointment, and upon failure to do so, the
county commissioners to appoint a successor.

Bond.

57. The commissioners, as compensation allowed to
said collectors for the collection of said taxes, shall not
be less than two per centum nor more than seven per
centum; the commissions allowed to said collectors
shall be fixed by the county commissioners in each of
the several tax collection districts, but shall not be
above the maximum nor below the minimum herein
prescribed, upon all sums collected and paid over;
and it shall be the duty of the county commissioners
to levy for the said commissions allowed collectors, in
the general levy of state and county taxes, said com-
missions to be estimated upon the whole amount to be
placed in the -hands of each collector.

Compensation
to collectors.

58. It shall be the duty of the several collectors of
taxes to pay over, under oath, to the treasurer of the
state of Maryland and the treasurer of Baltimore
county, respectively, on the first Tuesday of the next
month after said taxes are placed in their hands for
collection, and on the first Tuesday in each and every
month thereafter, the amount collected by them, until
the collections are completed; and on a failure to make
such monthly payments, the delinquent collector may
be removed by the county commissioners, and at the
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Duty of collec-
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