FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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J. He shall keep open the office of the county commis-

sioners from nine o'clock anti-meridian until three o'clock

Office

post-meridian each and every day, Sundays and legai holi-

hours.

days excepted, unless prevented by sickness or other

unavoidable cause.

K. Before entering upon the- duties of his office, the clerk

to the county commissioners shall execute a bond, with

Give

surety or sureties, to the State of Maryland, in such penalty

bond.

as the county commissioners may prescribe ; provided the

same be not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) ;

said bond to be approved by the county commissioners and

conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the

office of clerk to the County Commissioners of Montgomery

County, as enumerated and set forth in the preceding sub-

sections, and such other duties as may be required of him

by law, or by order of the county commissioners of said

county ; and the said bond, when executed and approved as

aforesaid, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the

Circuit Court for Montgomery County, and a copy thereof,

duly certified by said clerk, shall be evidence in any court

of law or equity in this State, and the State of Maryland ;

or the County Commissioners of Montgomery County, or any

person or body politic or corporate, interested or entitled,

may, in the name of the State of Maryland, for his, her or

its use, enter and sustain suit upon such bond for the

recovery of such sum of money as may be due them, or

for the recovery of damages arising from the neglect or

violation of his duties by said clerk to the county com-

missioners.

124. The County Commissioners of Montgomery County

shall annually levy such sum of money as they may deem

sufficient to pay the expenses which may be incurred the

Pay of

then succeeding year by the attendance of jurors, State's

Jurors, &c.

witnesses, criers and bailiffs of the Circuit Court, and shall

apportion and place the same in the hands of the collector

of taxes of the several collection districts in which it is to

be collected, for collection, and the amounts, when collected,

shall be paid over to the clerk to the county commissioners

to be by him disbursed as is hereinafter provided, and any

of said collectors failing to pay over to said clerk of the

county commissioners one-half of the amount so levied and

placed in his hands for collection, on or before the first day

of November, and the remainder on or before the first day

of March, succeeding the levy as aforesaid, shall, for any

such failure, forfeit and pay to the said clerk to the county

commissioners, to be recovered by him, in his own name,

before a justice of the peace, as other small debts are now