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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

his property, and upon the property of his bondsmen and the

nature thereof, and the said county commissioners shall approve

no bond unless the aggregate amount of property of the treasurer

and bondsmen as shown by the assessment books of the county,

less the liens or incumbrances as shown by the clerk's certificate,

shall exceed the penalty of the bond.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the county commissioners shall

provide and furnish the treasurer an office in the court house

building or in some other building as near thereto as possible,

Office.

and it shall be the duty of the treasurer to keep his said office

open from nine o'clock in the forenoon to three o'clock in the

afternoon on Tuesday of each and every week, except when Tues-

day is a legal holiday, and as much oftener as he may think

proper, and he shall attend for the transaction of business therein

in person or by deputy; it shall be his duty also to attend in per-

son or by deputy to collect and receive taxes at least once in each

three months in each election district at such times and places as

he may designate, of which at least ten days' notice shall be given

by publication in a newspaper or newspapers and by handbills

posted in the respective districts at the expense of the county, not

to exceed however, the sum of twenty-five dollars, and the said

treasurer shall appoint a deputy who shall be clerk to the county

Deputy.

commissioners, and it shall be the duty of the said deputy to at-

tend all meetings of the county commissioners and perform such

duties and services as now required by law or that may hereafter

be required, and he shall receive for his services as clerk to the

county commissioners the sum of three hundred dollars to be

paid by the county, and he shall receive for his services as deputy

treasurer, such compensation as the treasurer may see fit to allow,

to be paid however out of the commissions herein allowed the said

treasurer, and the treasurer shall be responsible for all acts of his

deputy touching the matter pertaining to his office.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the clerk

of the said county commissioners within ten days after the annual

tax levy shall have been made, to deliver to the treasurer a fair

copy of the assessment lists of said county showing the aggregate

assessment of every person, corporate institution or set of persons,

as the same then appears on the assessment books of said county

with the names of said owners arranged according to election

Levy list.

districts and alphabetically for each district, and also to deliver
to said treasurer a certified copy of the rule or' resolution of said

commissioners making said tax levy, and also to deliver to said

treasurer a certified copy of each item for which and each person

for whom a levy is made and the amount thereof, and the said

treasurer shall pay the same out of his collections upon the order

of the party or parties entitled thereto, and the said treasurer

shall be entitled to a commission of five per centum on the amount