ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That the compensation

of said collector shall be fixed by the county commis-

Compensation

sioners at the time of the appointment, and for all

of collector.

services rendered shall not exceed five per centum of

the whole amount of taxes collected by him.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the clerk of the

county commissioners shall be the treasurer of said

Who to be

board, and as such shall receive all money that shall

treasurer.

be collected by the said collectors of county taxes and

all other money due the county, and shall pay out all

money so received, on order of the county commis-

sioners; and he shall open an account with each col-

lector, in a book or books kept for that purpose,

charging him with the whole amount of county assess-

ment in his district, and such other money as may be

due therefrom to the county, and crediting him by

amounts paid in; and he shall demand prompt pay-

ments by the collectors, make settlements with them,

and report such collectors as may be in default to the

commissioners; provided that in settlements made

How accounts
are to be kept.

with collectors he shall not allow any delinquencies

and insolvencies without an order for such allowance

by the commissioners. He shall also keep an account,

in a proper book, between himself and the commis-

sioners, and charge himself with moneys received from

all sources, naming them, and credit himself with

amounts paid out, and keep on file the orders of the

commissioners as vouchers for the correctness of his

disbursements; and he shall keep the commissioners

office open from nine a. m. to four p. m. each day,

Sundays and holidays excepted, and his compensation

as clerk and treasurer shall be eight hundred dollars

per year.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the term of office

of said clerk and treasurer shall expire with the term

of the board of county commissioners by whom he

Term of office.

was elected, or until his successor is elected and quali-

fied, and before entering on the duties of his office

shall give bond to the State of Maryland in the pen-

alty of twenty thousand dollars, with at least two good

securities, conditioned that he will truly and faithfully

discharge, execute and perform all and singular the

duties of him required, or which may be required by

the constitution and laws of this state, which said

bond shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the

circuit court for said county, a certified copy of which

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