36 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 13

ment by the Board of County Commissioners of Allegany
County for the unexpired term. The Commission shall elect
one of its members as Chairman, and shall appoint, discharge
at pleasure, and, subject to the approval of the Board of
County Commissioners of Allegany County, shall fix the com-
pensation of the Secretary-Treasurer, a Chief Engineer, and
such engineering, legal, clerical and other personnel and help,
as from time to time the Commission may deem necessary to
carry out the provisions of this sub-title. The annual salary
of each of said Commissioners shall be determined by the
'Board of County Commissioners of Allegany County, but
said annual 'salary for the Chairman shall not exceed $100. 00,
and that of the other members shall not exceed $50. 00.

380B. The Secretary-Treasurer appointed by the Commis-
sion shall be the collector of all charges and assessments made
by the Commission, and shall receive and account for all
monies which shall be due and payable to said Commission
, from any source whatsoever. All monies deposited shall be
. protected by a depository bond, or by such other, securities as
may be approved by the said Commission. The Secretary-
Treasurer shall give bond to the State of Maryland to the
amount of $10, 000 with a good and sufficient surety to be
approved by the said Commissioners, with the condition "that
if the above bounden........................ shall well and

faithfully execute his office and shall account to the said Com-
mission for all monies which he shall receive for account of
the Commission or be answerable for by law, then the said
obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full force
and effect". The said bond, when approved, shall be recorded
in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Allegany
County; and the person so appointed, before entering upon
the duties of his office, shall take an oath before the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for said county, in form similar to that
taken by collectors of taxes, except as to the title of the office.

380C. The Commission is hereby empowered to pay the
premiums on all bonds. All checks issued by said Commission
shall be countersigned by the Chairman. The said Commis-
sion shall annually have its accounts audited by a certified
public accountant, to be selected by said County Commis-
sioners of Allegany County and paid by the said Sanitary
Commission, and publish a full, true and itemized account,
under oath, of its receipts and disbursements in a newspaper
published in said county.

380D. The members of said Commission shall be a body
corporate, by the name of the LaVale Sanitary Commission
(referred to elsewhere in this sub-title as "the Commission"),
with the right to use a common seal, to sue and be sued, and
to do any and all other corporate acts for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of this sub-title.