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money shall be drawn from the said bank except by a check,
signed by the treasurer, countersigned by the clerk of the county
commissioners, and endorsed by the person to whom it is drawn.
The treasurer shall make no payment in money except by check
as aforesaid, and all checks so drawn by him shall be drawn from
a check book with stubs, and shall be regularly dated and num-
bered, and the stub of each check drawn shall correctly describe
the check and the object for which it was drawn particularly;
the stubs shall be signed and countersigned in the same manner
as the check drawn therefrom; and the bank book, showing the
condition of the bank account aforesaid, shall be kept regularly
posted. The said treasurer shall receive county scrip or certifi-
cates of indebtedness from persons owing county taxes to the
amount of the county taxes for any one year, levied for general
county purposes and placed in his hands, due by them respec-
tively; provided, the said certificates are payable out of the levy
of such year; but no such certificates shall be received in pay-
ment or part payment of any State tax, county tax for school
purposes, or county tax specifically levied for a particular purpose;
he shall reserve out of the money collected by him for county
purposes generally and public schools, a sufficient sum to pay the
amount levied in each current year by said commissioners, for
public schools, and shall pay the same over to the board of
county school commissioners of said county as follows: One-
fourth on or before the first day of November next succeeding
the date of the levy; one-fourth on or before the first day of
February next thereafter; one-fourth on or before the first day
of April next thereafter, and the remaining one-fourth on or
before the first day of July next thereafter.

1884, ch. 463.

229. It shall be the duty of the treasurer, as soon as the
annual tax levy shall have been made, to give public notice
thereof by advertisement, inserted once a week for three succes-
sive weeks in two newspapers published in said county, and to
prepare the bill of each taxpayer, and on application he shall
forward the bill by mail or otherwise, or deliver the same to the
person or corporate institution to whom the property included in
such bill is assessed. It shall be the duty of the treasurer, during