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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

dorsed by the person to whom it is drawn. The

Pay by check.

treasurer shall make no payment in money except by

check as aforesaid, and all checks so drawn by him

shall be drawn from a check book with stubs, and

shall be regularly dated and numbered, and the stub

of each check drawn shall correctly describe the check

and the object for which it was drawn particularly ;

Sign stubs.

the stubs shall be signed and countersigned in the same

manner as the check drawn therefrom, and the bank

book, showing the condition of the bank account

aforesaid, shall be kept regularly posted. The said

treasurer shall receive county scrip or certificates of

indebtedness from persons owing county taxes to the

amount of the county taxes for any one year, levied

for general county purposes and placed in his hands,

Proviso.

due by them respectively; provided, the said certifi-

cates are payable out of the levy of such year; but no

such certificates shall be received in payment or part

payment of any state tax, county tax for school pur-

poses, or county tax specifically levied for a particular

purpose; he shall reserve out of the money collected

by him for county purposes generally and public

schools, a sufficient sum to pay the amount levied in

each current year by said commissioners for public

schools, and shall pay the same over to the board of

county school commissioners of said county as follows :

School fund —

One-fourth on or before the first day of November next

when paid.

succeeding the date of the levy; one-fourth on or be-

fore the first day of February next thereafter; one-

fourth on or before the first day of April next there-

after, and the remaining one-fourth on or before the

first day of July next thereafter.

SEC. 200, SUB-SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the

treasurer, as soon as the annual tax-levy shall have

Advertise tax

been made, to give public notice thereof by advertise-

levy.

ment, inserted once a week for three successive weeks

in two newspapers published in said county, and to

prepare the bill of each taxpayer, and on application

he shall forward the bill by mail or otherwise, or de-

liver the same to the person, persons or corporate in-

stitution to whom the property included in such bill

is assessed. It shall be the duty of the treasurer,

during the month of March succeeding each levy.

to make out all tax bills which have not been

paid, in duplicate form, and to place the same

in the hands of the several constables of the dis-