ART. 17.] COUNTY TREASURER. 1577

settled up all business connected with his former term—this sec-
tion to apply to the treasurer in office on April 5,1888, and his
successors.

1874, ch. 503.

107. Before entering upon the duties of his office he shall
take an oath in due form of law to perform the duties of his
office; he shall also execute a good and sufficient bond in the
penalty of fifty thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of
his duty as treasurer, which bond shall be approved by the judges
of the circuit court, only upon a certificate of the clerk of the
county commissioners attached, giving the assessment of each
person signing said bond, as appears from the assessment books of
said county; and also a certificate of the clerk of the circuit court
for said county, certifying that the said bondsmen appear good
for the penalty thereof, over and above all judgments, mortgages
or liens of any kind to be found in his office; and in case of the
default of the treasurer to execute such a bond within thirty daye
after his election, the governor of the State shall appoint another
in his stead, and so on until a treasurer shall have bonded as
required by this section.

1872, ch. 294.

108. He shall keep his office in the court-house open from ten
o'clock in the forenoon until three o'clock in the afternoon', three
days in each and every week, to be by him designated, for the
purpose of receiving State and county taxes, and disbursing the
same as directed by law, and shall also attend in person or by
deputy in each election district of said county two days between
the date of each annual levy and the first day of October there-
after, at such place and time as he may appoint, for the purpose
of collecting said taxes; and he shall give notice by advertisement
in one paper published in said county, and by notice posted up in '
three public places in each election district of said county, in
handbill form, of the time when and place where he will be
in each of said districts for collecting and receiving the same,
notifying all those who owe county taxes that if they are paid to
him on or before the first day of July and the first day of October,
they will be entitled to a deduction of eight or four per centum,