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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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lectors shall be fixed by the county commissioners at the time of
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the appointment of said collectors and for all services rendered
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Compensa-
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shall not exceed five per centum of the whole amount of taxes col-
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tion.
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lected by them respectively, but no compensation shall be paid or
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allowed to said collectors on insolvencies or on taxes levied and not
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collected.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the clerk of the county com-
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missioners shall be the treasurer of said board, and as such shall
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receive all money that shall be collected by the said collectors of
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county taxes and all other money due the county, and shall pay
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out all money so received on order of the county commissioners,
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and the county commissioners may order said moneys to be de-
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posited in bank, and may adopt such methods for the disburse-
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ment thereof as they may deem best, and the said clerk and
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treasurer shall open an account with each collector in a book or
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books kept for that purpose, charging each respective collector
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with the whole amount of the county taxes levied in his district
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Treasurer,
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and such other money as may be due therefrom to the county,
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and shall credit such respective collectors by amounts paid in ;
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and he shall demand prompt payments from the collectors, make
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settlements with them, and report such collectors as may be in
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default to the commissioners; provided, that in settlements made
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with collectors, he shall not allow any delinquencies and insol-
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vencies without an order for such allowance by the commissioners,
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he shall also keep an account in a proper book between himself
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and the commissioners, and charge himself with moneys received
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from all sources, naming each source respectively; and shall
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credit himself with amounts paid out, and shall keep on file the
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orders of the commissioners as vouchers for the correctness of his
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disbursements; and he shall keep the commissioners office open
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from nine o'clock, a. m., to four o'clock, p. m., each day, (Sun-
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days and holidays excepted,) and his compensation as clerk and
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treasurer shall be seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the term of office of said clerk
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and treasurer shall expire with the term of the board of county
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commissioners by whom he was appointed, or when his successor
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shall be appointed and qualified, and before entering on the duties
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Term of
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of his office he shall give bond to the State of Maryland in the
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office
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penalty of twenty thousand dollars with at least two good securi-
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ties, conditioned that he will truly and faithfully discharge,
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execute and perform, all and singular the duties 'of him required
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or which may be required by the constitution and laws of this
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State; which said bond shall be filed and recorded in the office
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of the clerk of the circuit court for said county, a certified copy
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of which shall be sufficient evidence in any suit on said bond;
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and his books and vouchers shall be at all times subject to the
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inspection of the county commissioners or upon their order.
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