ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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thirty-first day of December of the year next succeeding the levy

to complete the collection thereof, and to make his final settle-

ment with the said comity commissioners and with the treasurer

Settlement

of Maryland respectively; and he shall have until said time to

complete his collections and make his final settlement whether

his term of office has expired or not; and all claims for erroneous,

insolvent or uncollectible tax-bills for which he shall claim a

credit shall be presented before or at the time specified for said

final settlement, and in no case shall the said commissioners allow

credit therefor after the term specified for final settlement,

and at the expiration of the time for final settlement his bond or

bonds shall be liable for the unaccounted balance in his hands,

and it shall be the duty of the county commissioners and they

are hereby required to enter suit upon the county bond of said

treasurer for all county taxes remaining uncollected.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of said

treasurer to inform himself by all lawful means of all property,

iStocks or investments in said coiinty liable to taxation, and not

included in the lists furnished him and against which he has

Assess.

not tax-bill, and he shall value the same at the full cash value

thereof, and collect the taxes therefor as upon other property in

the county, and make return thereof to the county commissioners.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That when land or personal property

is in the hands of a trustee for sale or otherwise, whether by vir-

May en-

tue of a decree of court or under a deed of trust, and the taxes

force.

thereon are in arrears the treasurer may enforce the payment of

such taxes in the same manner as if said property were not in the

hands of a trustee.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That all orders for the payment of

money by the county commissioners, the road commissioners and

the school commissioners respectively of Calvert county, when

Orders.

such orders become necessary shall be directed to the treasurer of

Calvert county and shall be honored and paid by him so far as

the f nnds in his hands for the purpose therefor drawn will permit.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That at the general election of dele-

gates every fourth year, counting from the year eighteen hundred

and ninety-three, there shall be elected a county treasurer for

Calvert county by the legal qualified voters of said county, who

shall hold his office for four years and until his successor is

Shall elect

elected and qualified as hereinbefore provided, and be subject at

all times to removal by the governor for wilful neglect of duty or

misdemeanor in office, upon conviction in a court of law; and he

shall not be eligible to re-election until after the interval of one

full term; and the said treasurer so elected shall in all respects

be clothed with the powers herein given and be governed by all

the provisions of this act.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the provisions of the Code of