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of real estate, situated in said county, equal, at least, in value,
over and above their debts and liabilities, to the amount of their
bond; and it shall be the duty of said commissioners, before
approving the bond of any treasurer, as hereinbefore mentioned,
to cause the records of the county to be searched by their counsel
or by some competent person, for the purpose of ascertaining the
sufficiency of such bond so presented for approval; and the
person making the search shall, under oath, report to the said
commissioners the result of such examination. The said com-
missioners may at any time demand of any treasurer such other
or further bond, with such other or further security, as in their
judgment the interests of the. State or said county may require.

1684, ch. 408.

224. The county commissioners shall appoint and furnish the
treasurer an office in the court-house building, or in some other
building as near to the same as possible, in the city of Annapolis,
which office shall be plainly designated as the office of the
county treasurer by external sign; and it shall be the duty of
the treasurer to keep his said office open from ten o'clock in
the forenoon until three o'clock in the afternoon, and to attend
therein for the transaction of business, in person or by deputy,
on every day in the week except Sundays and legal holidays,
and except when he is absent from the city of Annapolis for the
purpose of collecting taxes, as hereinafter provided for. It shall
be his duty to attend, in person or by deputy, in each election
district of said county, two days between the first day of July
and the first day of September, in each year, to collect and
receive taxes, and at a different place in each of said districts on
each of said two days respectively given to each district; the
times and places of such visits he shall make known not less
than two weeks in advance, by handbills announcing the same,
conspicuously posted in three public places in each election dis-
trict of said county, and by advertisements in two newspapers
published in said county; and such handbills and advertisements,
and tax bills, shall also contain a brief abstract of section 225
relating to discounts to be allowed and interest to be charged on
tax bills; and the said treasurer shall also keep a "brief notice in
two newspapers published in said county, announcing where his.