ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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lected. The said commissioners, in their discretion,

at any time after the expiration of the term of any

such treasurer, or at the final settlement aforesaid,

may direct and require him to deliver over to his

successor in office all balances of collectable taxes

due upon the levies with which he was charged,

and also so to deliver over the notices as returned

Deliver to suc-

by constables, levies and other proceedings had for

cessor.

the enforcement of the payment of said taxes; and

in such case the said successor, or newly-elected

and qualified treasurer, upon the delivery to him of

the bills for such taxes, shall be empowered and re-

quired to enforce the payment of said taxes in the

same manner as his predecessor could have done, and

he shall have all the powers and authority in law with

which his predecessor was clothed for that purpose ;

in such case the bond or bonds of the newly-elected or

Bond responsi-
ble.

succeeding treasurer shall become responsible for the

proper collection and disbursement of such taxes, and

the bond or bonds of the retiring or retired treasurer

shall be released from responsibility therefor; pro-

vided, that no treasurer's bond shall be considered as

Proviso.

released or be canceled until, in one mode or the

other, he has fully settled his accounts secured there-

by, and fulfilled the duties of his said office.

SEC. 200, SUB-SEC. 8. The said treasurer shall be

entitled, as compensation for his services, to a com-

mission, to be fixed by the county commissioners, of

not more than two and one-half (2 1/2) per centum on

Compensation.

the amount of taxes levied for county purposes

and actually collected by him; and also to the

commission allowed by existing laws to the col-

lectors of state taxes; and the said commissions

shall be in full for the services rendered by

such treasurer in the discharge of the duties of his

office, and no extra compensation shall be flowed him

or claimed by him, except such costs and fees herein

before specified, as may accrue in the enforcement of

the payment of taxes, and for assessing new prop-

erty; provided that the said commissioners may, in

their discretion, and if they shall deem it necessary to

the proper discharge of the duties of his office, allow
him for the salary of a clerk or deputy a sum of money

Allow for clerk

not to exceed six hundred dollars per annum; and

the said commissioners are authorized and directed, in

their several annual levies, to levy an amount suffi-