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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

counts in the general index in the register of wills office for

said county, and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland^

That chapter one hundred and ninety of the acts of the General

Assembly of Maryland, passed at January session of eighteen

Repeal.

hundred and eighty-eight, entitled an act to authorize and em-

power A. H. Dowden, register of wills for Allegany county, to-

re-index administration and guardian accounts in the general

index in the register of wills office for said county, be and the

same is hereby repealed and amended and re-enacted so as to read

as follows :

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That Albert H. DoAvden, register of

wills for Allegany county be and he is hereby authorized and em-

powered to re-index administration and guardian accounts and.

court proceedings in the general index, in the register of wills.

Re-index.

office for said county, and the expense incurred by said re-index-

ing to be paid out of the surplus proceeds of the register of wills

office; and if there be no such surplus, then the county commis-

sioners of said county shall levy to said Albert H. Dowden, reg-

ister of wills, as other county charges are levied, for said re-index-

ing a fair and reasonable compensation for said work.

Effective.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from:

the date of its passage.

Approved March 27, 1890.

CHAPTER 183.

AN ACT to create a treasurer for Calvert county and to provide

for the collection of taxes therein.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That the governor of the State of Maryland, by and with the

advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a competent per-

son resident of Calvert county treasurer for said county, who shall

give bond and qualify as hereinafter directed, and who shall be

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treasurer

ineligible for election until one full term has elapsed and who

shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualifies as

hereinafter provided, and who shall be subject at all times to be

removed by the governor for wilful neglect of duty or misde-

meanor in office upon conviction in a court of law; the said treas-

urer shall be collector of all State and county taxes for whatso-

ever purpose or purposes levied or to be levied, for or within said

county during the term of his office or that may be placed in his

hands for collection, and he shall have full power, and it shall be

his duty to receive and collect all State and county taxes levied as