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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and sub-title "Taxes," of said article two of the Code

of Public Local Laws, from section one hundred and

ninety-five to section two hundred, both inclusive, be

and the same hereby are repealed, and the following

sections and sub-sections are enacted in lieu thereof as

parts of the Public Local Laws of Anne Arundel

county, the same to be added as new sections and sub-

sections to article two of the Code of Public Local

Laws, title "Anne Arundel county," under the sub-

title " Treasurer."

TREASURER.

SEC. 195. The county commissioners of Anne Arun-

del county shall, on the first Tuesday in the month of

April, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, or as soon

thereafter as possible, and on the first Tuesday in the

Appoint the

month of April, biennially thereafter, or as soon

county treasu-

thereafter as possible, appoint a person, of sound

rer.

judgment and skill as an accountant, county treasurer

for said county, who shall give bond and qualify as

hereinafter directed, and shall hold his office for two

years, or until his successor is appointed and qualified,

except as hereinafter provided, and shall be re-eligible

thereto, and shall be subject to removal from his said

office at any time by the said county commissioners

for any wilful neglect of duty or misbehavior in office.

Duties of the

The said treasurer shall be the collector of all state

treasurer.

taxes and of all county taxes for whatsoever purpose

levied or to be levied for or within said county during

the term of his office, or that may be placed in his

hands for collection, and he shall have full power, and

it shall be his duty, to receive and collect all state and

county taxes, levied as aforesaid, or so put in his

hands for collection, and all monies which may be

Power.

due the said county, with full power to enforce the

payment of the same by sale or otherwise, as herein-

after prescribed, and to convey title to any real or per-

sonal estate sold by him for the payment of state or

county taxes in manner as prescribed by the succeed-

ing sections, or by existing laws not in conflict with this

article.

SEC. 196. The person so appointed, before he enters

upon the duties of his said office, shall take an oath

Take oath.

before the clerk of the circuit court for said county in

form similar to that now taken by collectors of taxes,

except as to the title of his office, and to be similarly