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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 123. The tax collector shall collect all taxes

assessed and levied by the mayor and council. He

shall keep an account of all money collected and

received by him, and shall credit the same on his

books to the particular head or item of expense for

which the same have been levid and collected or

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received. He shall pay out the several sums of

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money which may be collected or received upon war-

rants as hereinafter directed, and in no case shall the

collector pay out the money collected and credited for

one purpose to or for any other. He shall make,

under oath, quarterly reports, viz., to the first regular

meeting of the mayor and council in July, October,

January and April, next succeeding the date of his

appointment, or any other time or times when called

upon by the mayor and council, showing the condition

of his receipts and expenditures, and the statement,

submitted in January, shall be published by the mayor

and council in one or more newspapers published in

the town as they may direct. The tax collector shall

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give bond to the mayor and council, to be approved

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by them, for the faithful discharge of his duties, in

such penalty as they may prescribe, not less than

double the amount of the taxes levied, and shall

receive such compensation for his services as the coun-

cil may deem proper; such compensation, however,

to be fixed at the date of his appointment, and he

shall not receive any other fees or compensation, ex-

cept that fixed at the date of his appointment; and

any tax collector who shall violate the provisions of

this section shall be liable to indictment in the circuit

court for Washington county, and upon conviction

shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, at the discretion

of the court.

SEC. 124. Accounts for expenditures for street and

lighting purposes and police, shall be first passed by

the board of street commissioners, and warrants for

the same shall be drawn on the tax collector, signed

by the president of the board and attested by the

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clerk. All appropriations for expenditures other than

for street and lighting purposes and police, shall be

passed and approved by the mayor and council, and

warrants for the same drawn on the tax collector, to

be signed by the mayor and attested by the clerk.

SEC. 125. No warrant shall be drawn on any tax

collector after his successor shall have qualified; but