ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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shall upon a conviction thereof be fined not more than five hun-

dred dollars, and be imprisoned not more than six months in jail

or in the house of correction; that this act shall not release or

discharge any person or persons already offending against the
general law in such cases made and provided, but any such person

or persons may be proceeded against, prosecuted and punished

under the general law of this State as if this act had not been

passed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Effective

Approved April 8, 1890.

CHAPTER 535.

AN ACT to repeal sections two hundred and twenty-two, two

hundred and twenty-three, two hundred and twenty-nine and

two hundred and thirty-five, of article two, of the Code of

Public Local Laws, title " "Anne Arundel county," sub-title

" Treasurer," and to re-enact the same with amendments, and

to add an additional section to said sub-title, to come in after

section two hundred and thirty-six, and to be designated as

" Section two hundred and thirty-six A," so as to provide for

election of the treasurer for Anne Arundel county by the quali-

fied voters of said county, and to regulate the fees and salary of

the treasurer and other officers employed by him.

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

That sections two hundred and twenty-two, two hundred and

twenty-three, two hundred and twenty-nine and two hundred and

thirty-five, of article two, of the Code of Public Local Laws, title

To repeal.

" Anne Arundel county," sub-title " Treasurer," be and the same

are hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as to read as follows :

SEC. 222. At the general election for county officers for Anne

Arundel county, to be held in said county in November, eighteen

hundred and ninety-one, a county treasurer shall be elected by

the qualified voters of said county, who shall hold the office of

treasurer for a term of two years, from the time of his election

To elect

and qualification, or until his successor is elected and qualified,

county
treasurer.

and the treasurer so elected shall be ineligible for re-election to

said office for two years thereafter, and shall be subject to re-

moval from his said office for any wilful neglect of duty, or mis-

behavior in office at any time, by the county commissioners of said

county; and the county commissioners for said county, on the

first Tuesday in the month of April, in the year eighteen hundred