ART. 22:] COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 1943

1860, ch. 318.

109. Upon the written complaint of one or more of the sure-
ties upon the bond of any constable appointed in and for said
county, submitted to the county commissioners, alleging that said
constable has been guilty of drunkenness, or has in any manner
been derelict in his duty as constable, the county commissioners
shall immediately summon before them said constable and his
sureties, and if after a due and proper examination it shall appear
to them that said charges have been sustained, they shall there-
upon require said constable to file a counter bond, or renew his
bond within thirty days; and in the event of the failure of the
constable to file a counter bond, or renew his bond as above pre-
scribed, they shall revoke his commission, and after publication
in one or more newspapers of the county for two weeks that a
new appointment will be made for the election district from
which said dismissed constable has been appointed, they shall
appoint a proper person from the same district to act as constable
for the unexpired term.

1872, ch. 278. 1874, ch 141. 1874, ch. 145. 1876, ch. 72. 1878, ch 240.
1878, ch 248. 1884, ch 155. 1886, ch 357.

110. To redeem the county bonds heretofore issued according
to law, and now outstanding, the county commissioners shall
annually levy upon the assessable property of the county a tax
sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds, and the principal
thereof as the same shall from time to time mature; and if they
shall deem it expedient, they may levy a tax not exceeding twenty
cents on the hundred dollars on the assessable property of the
county, in each and every year, for the purpose of raising a sink-
ing fund to enable them to pay off the bonded indebtedness of
the county ; said fund when so raised shall be used exclusively in
the payment or purchase of the bonded debt of the county, or in
the purchase of the bonds of the Western Maryland railroad com-
pany, endorsed by Washington county.

1888, ch. 196.

111. The county commissioners are authorized and empow-
ered to borrow such sum of money, on the credit of said county,
as may be sufficient to pay off the bonds of Washington county,
which were issued by said county in pursuance of the act of