2074 WICOMICO COUNTY. [ART. 23,

the circuit court for said county, a certified copy of which shall
be sufficient evidence in a suit against either of said collectors or
their respective sureties.

1884, ch. 143.

100. The duties of each of said collectors shall be to collect
and pay over to the proper officers all the State and county taxes
levied in his collection district, and to report to the county com-
missioners all new and missed property in his district liable to
taxation.

Ibid.

101. The compensation of said collectors shall be fixed by the
county commissioners at the time of their appointment, and for
all services rendered shall not exceed five per centum of the
whole amount of taxes collected by them, respectively.

Ibid.

102. The clerk of the county commissioners shall be the treas-
urer of said board, and as such shall receive all money that shall
be collected by the said collectors of county taxes, and all other
money due the county, and shall pay out all money so received,
on orders of the county commissioners; and he shall open an
account with each collector, in a book kept for that purpose,
charging him with the whole amount of county assessment in his
district, and such other money as may be due therefrom to the
county, and crediting him by amounts paid in; and he shall
demand prompt payments by the collectors, make settlements
with them, and report to the commissioners such collectors as
may be in default; provided, that in settlements made with col-
lectors, he shall not allow any delinquencies and insolvencies
without an order for such allowance by the commissioners. He
shall also keep an account, in a proper book, between himself
and the commissioners, and charge himself with monies received
from all sources, naming them, and credit himself with the
amounts paid out, and keep on file the orders of the commis-
sioners as vouchers for the correctness of his disbursements; and
he shall keep the commissioners' office open from nine A. M. to
four P. M. each day, Sundays and holidays excepted; and his
compensation as clerk and treasurer shall be eight hundred dol-
lars per year.