718 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. [ART. 25

1888, art. 25, sec. 14 1866, ch. 134 1872, ch. 371.

14. The county commissioners of the several counties shall
each receive three dollars per day for each day they shall be
engaged in the discharge of their duties, and mileage at the
rate of ten cents for every mile over five miles from their places
of residence, except the county commissioners of Baltimore,
county, who shall have and receive a salary of one thousand
dollars per year each, including mileage, payable monthly by
the treasurer of said county; and said county commissioners of
Baltimore county are hereby required and directed to meet at
their office in the court house in Towson, on Tuesday and
Wednesday of each week, and to meet daily for the transaction
of the public business from the first Tuesday in March until
after the annual levy is made.

Ibid. sec. 15 1870, ch. 333

15. The county commissioners of any county in this State,
in awarding any contract for work to be done and in agreeing
and contracting for the doing thereof, shall make every such
contract in writing, and shall require and demand of the party
or parties with whom said agreement or contract is made full
and ample security by bond for the true and proper performance
of said work in accordance 'with the terms and specifications of
said agreement or contract.

Ibid. sec. 16. 1870, ch. 333.

16. It shall not be lawful for any county commissioner, dur-
ing his term of office, to hold, possess, purchase or acquire any
share or interest in any agreement or contract made, entered
into or concluded with any party or parties, whomsoever, by
the county commissioners of his county, in their character and
capacity as such commissioners, or to have, receive, enjoy or
participate, either directly or indirectly, in any of the benefits,
profits or emoluments of any such agreement or contract.

Ibid. sec. 17 1870, ch. 333.

17. It shall not be lawful for any county commissioner, dur-
ing his term of office, to accept, hold, purchase or acquire any
claim on or against the county of which he is a commissioner,
or any share or interest in such claim, which said claim has
been or is to be passed upon and approved by the board of
county commissioners of which he is a member.