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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

lectors shall be fixed by the county commissioners at the time of

the appointment of said collectors and for all services rendered

Compensa-

shall not exceed five per centum of the whole amount of taxes col-

tion.

lected by them respectively, but no compensation shall be paid or

allowed to said collectors on insolvencies or on taxes levied and not

collected.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the clerk of the county com-

missioners shall be the treasurer of said board, and as such shall

receive all money that shall be collected by the said collectors of

county taxes and all other money due the county, and shall pay

out all money so received on order of the county commissioners,

and the county commissioners may order said moneys to be de-

posited in bank, and may adopt such methods for the disburse-

ment thereof as they may deem best, and the said clerk and

treasurer shall open an account with each collector in a book or

books kept for that purpose, charging each respective collector

with the whole amount of the county taxes levied in his district

Treasurer,

and such other money as may be due therefrom to the county,

and shall credit such respective collectors by amounts paid in ;

and he shall demand prompt payments from the collectors, make

settlements with them, and report such collectors as may be in

default to the commissioners; provided, that in settlements made

with collectors, he shall not allow any delinquencies and insol-

vencies without an order for such allowance by the commissioners,

he shall also keep an account in a proper book between himself

and the commissioners, and charge himself with moneys received

from all sources, naming each source respectively; and shall

credit himself with amounts paid out, and shall keep on file the

orders of the commissioners as vouchers for the correctness of his

disbursements; and he shall keep the commissioners office open

from nine o'clock, a. m., to four o'clock, p. m., each day, (Sun-

days and holidays excepted,) and his compensation as clerk and

treasurer shall be seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the term of office of said clerk

and treasurer shall expire with the term of the board of county

commissioners by whom he was appointed, or when his successor

shall be appointed and qualified, and before entering on the duties

Term of

of his office he shall give bond to the State of Maryland in the

office

penalty of twenty thousand dollars with at least two good securi-

ties, conditioned that he will truly and faithfully discharge,

execute and perform, all and singular the duties 'of him required

or which may be required by the constitution and laws of this

State; which said bond shall be filed and recorded in the office

of the clerk of the circuit court for said county, a certified copy

of which shall be sufficient evidence in any suit on said bond;

and his books and vouchers shall be at all times subject to the

inspection of the county commissioners or upon their order.