WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 801

of the State shall he and he is hereby authorized and em-
powered to fill such vacancy by appointment of some person
having the necessary qualification, who shall hold said office
for the remainder of the said term. The person so elected
County Treasurer shall be Collector of all State and County
taxes for said County, for whatsoever purpose, which shall
be levied or assessed during his term of office, in the same
manner and to the same extent and with the same powers
heretofore exercised by the County Treasurer and Collector
of State and County taxes for said County, under the laws
of the State of Maryland; and it shall be his duty to receive
and collect all State and County taxes, levied or assessed
or placed in his hands for collection, with full power and
authority to enforce the payment of the same by distraint,
sale or otherwise, and also to receive all money which shall
be due and payable to said County from any source what-
soever; and the said County Treasurer is hereby authorized
and empowered to convey to purchaser or purchasers thereof,
the title to any real or personal property sold by him for
the payment of State and County taxes or either of them.
During the continuance of his office as Treasurer, he shall
collect all taxes levied by the County Commissioners, and
shall receive all moneys due to said County from any source
whatever, including interest paid on such taxes as are in
arrear, and deposit the same in some bank or banks, or trust
companies of Frederick County, bidding the highest rate
of interest upon daily balance of such deposits and be-
ing ready and willing to furnish a Depository Bond or
collateral satisfactory to the County Commissioners; and
shall disburse the said monyes deposited under the provi-
sions of law and the order of the County Commissioners, and
pay over as the County Commissioners may direct all
moneys received for said County that may at any time be in
his custody, charge or control, belong to said County; and for
his services as such County Treasurer he shall receive the sal-
ary prescribed by State law and any profit accruing to said
Treasurer from the discounting of State taxes and interest
received upon such deposits made as hereinabove provided,
shall be chargeable against him and placed to the credit of
said County Commissioners in the accounting of his salary.
Nothing in this section or in any law heretofore passed
shall prohibit any County Treasurer for said County from
being eligible for any consecutive terms or any other addi-
tional terms in the said office.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 16, 1947.
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