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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 220. During the month of April, in the year eighteen

hundred and ninety-two, and every two years thereafter,

the mayor and city council of Laurel shall appoint one per-

Treasurer-
duty of.

son as treasurer of said town, who shall possess the same
qualifications as those required for mayor, to serve for two

years and until his successor is appointed and qualified,

whose duty it shall be to keep an account of the receipts and

disbursements of the corporation in a well bound book to be

provided by the mayor and city council for that purpose,

and he shall render to the city council an account of the

same once each month ; before entering upon the duties of

his office he shall give bond payable to the said mayor and

He shall
give bond.

city council in such penalty as they may fix, with securities

to be approved by them, conditioned that he will well and

faithfully account for all moneys paid over to him by the

bailiff of said town, or any other person, and all taxes and

other moneys for the use and benefit of said corporation, and

that he will also well and truly pay to the order of said

mayor and city council, all sums of money so received by

him, and the said bond shall be recorded among the records

of said corporation, and the said treasurer shall qualify and

enter upon the duties of his office on or before the first Mon-

day in May succeeding his appointment, and a failure to

quality within the time herein specified, shall be deemed a

refusal to accept the office, and another appointment shall be

Proviso.

made by the mayor and city council, provided, that at the

expiration of the first year of the term of the said treasurer,

and before the tax bills for the next year are placed in his

hands, he shall make a full and complete settlement of all

moneys received by him, and shall report the amount of,

and return all bills for taxes which are delinquent and insol-

vencies, and upon the return of the delinquent tax bills and

insolvencies as provided for herein, he shall be relieved of

the amount thus charged against him, and the amount of

said bills shall at the beginning of the second year of the

said term be placed in his hands, and charged to him under

his bond as delinquent taxes, to be collected by him as such ;

and it is further provided, that the said treasurer shall in

one month after the expiration of his term of office make a

full settlement of all moneys received by him, and upon

failure to do so, his bond shall be put in suit.

It shall be his duty during the month of April in each and

every year in which there is no general assessment to assess

Assess new

all improvements and new property, not assessed at the last

property.

general or special assessment, and report the same to the —

mayor and city council, who shall have the power to revise

the lists and the same power as given them in section two

hundred and six .