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HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR
Teceive all moneys which may be collected by
the Clerk under any ordinance or ordinances
passed in pursuance of the power conferred
by the one hundred and twenty-eighth sec-
tion of this act, and all moneys which shall
be paid over to him by the Clerk and Collec-
tor as aforesaid, under any ordinances passed
under the power conferred by the one hun-
dred and twenty-eighth section of this act; he
shall distribute and apportion pro rata to the
several particular heads or items of expenses
as required to be designated in the levy for
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general purposes, as provided by section one
hundred and forty-three; he shall pay out the
several sums of money which may be col-
lected or received upon warrants as hereinaf-
ter 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 meetings of the Mayor and City
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 con-
dition of his receipts and expenditures, and the
statement submitted in January shall be pub-
lished by the Mayor and Council in one or more
newspapers published in the town as they may
direct; the Tax Collector shall give bond to the
Mayor and Council, to be approved by them, for
the faithful discharge of his duties, in such pen-
alty 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, how-
ever, to be fixed at the date of his appoint-
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Collect taxes.
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ment, and he shall not receive any other fees
or compensation except that fixed at the date
of his appointment; and any Tax Collector
who shall violate the provisions of this sec-
tion shall be liable to indictment in the Cir-
cuit Court for Washington county, and upon
conviction, shall be fined or imprisoned, or
both, at the discretion of the Court.
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Bond.
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