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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

to whom he may pay such compensation as he may deem

proper to be deducted from his salary, and said treasurer

shall receive in addition to the compensation now paid him

the further sum of eight hundred dollars annually for the

new duties imposed upon him by this law and the further

sum of twenty-five cents for each person's property assessed

by him, and after the expiration of the term of office of the

present treasurer of Caroline Connty, the annual salary of

said treasurer shall be eighteen hundred dollars.

68 B. It shall be the duty of the treasurer each year, as

To give

soon as the annual levy is made, to give public notice thereof

public
notice

by advertisement inserted in two newspapers printed and pub-

lished in said county, and having the largest circulation, and

the taxes so levied shall be due and payable on the first day

of September of the year in which they are levied ; it shall be

the duty of the said treasurer in the month of September in

each year, to sit for two days at the principal town in each

election district of said county, and in the month of October

and November one day in each of said towns in each election

district as aforesaid, for the purpose of receiving taxes, due

notice of each of such sittings shall be given by advertise-

ment as hereinbefore provided, and he shall report to the

county commissioners at their first regular meeting in each

month the amount of taxes, State and county separately

collected by him up to the date of such report, and the

amount of disbursements made, and the balance in hand ;

Deposit in

and he shall deposit at least once a week in the Denton

Denton
National

National Bank or some other national bank of Maryland, all

Bank.

taxes received or collected by him up to the date of such

deposit, the portion due the State to his credit as collector

of State taxes, and the portion due the county to his credit

as treasurer of Caroline County, and he shall once a month

from and after the first day of October in each year, deliver

to the county commissioners to be forwarded to the State

Treasurer, his check for the amount of State taxes to his

credit in bank and the money deposited to the treasurer of

Caroline County shall only be drawn out upon his check,

countersigned by the president of the board of county com-

missioners in payment of debts and accounts due by said

county, duly approved and passed by said county commis-

sioners and by them ordered to be paid ; and any taxpayer

having a sum of money levied to his or her use or a debt

against the county, passed by the county commissioners, shall

only be entitled to have the same paid after he has paid the

State and county taxes levied upon his or her property, and

is not indebted in anywise therefor.

68 C. On the first day of January in each year, taxes

shall be deemed to be in arrears, and interest shall be