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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

value to the amount of their bond; and it shall be the

duty of said commissioners, before approving the bond

of any treasurer as hereinbefore mentioned, to cause

Duty of com-
missioners.

the records of the county to be searched by their coun-

sel or by some competent person, for the purpose of

ascertaining the sufficiency of such bond so presented

for approval, and the person making the search shall,

under oath, report to the said commissioners the result

of such examination. The said commissioners may at

Demand fur-

any time demand of any treasurer such other or fur-

ther bond.

ther bond, with such other or further security, as in

their judgment the interests of the state or said county

may require.

SEC. 197. The county commissioners shall appoint

and furnish the treasurer an office in the court-

Treasurer's

house building, or in some other building as near

office.

to the same as possible, in the city of Annapolis,

which office shall be plainly designated as the office of

the county treasurer by external sign; and it shall be

the duty of the treasurer to keep his said office open

from ten o'clock in the forenoon until three o'clock in

the afternoon, and to attend therein for the transac-

tion of business, in person or by deputy, on every day

in the week except Sundays and legal holidays, and

except when he is absent from the city of Annapolis

for the purpose of collecting taxes, as hereinafter pro-

vided for. It shall be his duty to attend, in person or

Two days In
each district.

by deputy, in each election district of said county two

days between the first day of July and the first day of

September, in each year, to collect and receive taxes,

and at a different place in each of said districts on each

of said two days respectively given to each district;

the times and places of such visits he shall make known

not less than two weeks in advance by hand-bills an-

nouncing the same conspicuously posted in three pub-

lic places in each election district of said county, and

by advertisements in two newspapers published in

said county; and such hand-bills and advertisements,

and the tax-bills hereinafter mentioned, shall also con-

tain a brief abstract of the provisions of section one

hundred and ninety-eight of this article, relating to

discounts to be allowed and interest to be charged on

Notice.

tax-bills; and the said treasurer shall also keep a brief

notice in two newspapers published in said county,

announcing where his office may be and where he can

be found therein, and announcing also briefly the pro-