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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

all money so received on the order of the County Commis-
sioners; and he shall keep an account with each collector, in
a book which must be kept for that purpose, charging said
collector with the whole amount of county assessment in his
district, and such other money as may be due therefrom to the
county, and crediting him by amounts paid in, and he shall
demand prompt payment by collectors, make prompt settle-
ment with them and report such collectors as may be in de-
fault to the commissioners; provided, that in settlements made
with collectors, he shall not allow any delinquencies and insol-
vencies without an order for such allowances by the commis-
sioners, he shall also keep an account, in a proper book,
betweeeu himself and the commissioners, and charge himself
with money received from any source, naming them, and
credit himself with amounts paid out, and keep on file the
orders of the commissioners, as vouchers for the correction of
his disbursements, and his books shall always be open to the
inspection of the County Commissioners, and he shall keep
open the commissioners' office from nine A. M. to four P. M.
each day, Sundays and holidays excepted, and his compensa-
tion as clerk and treasurer shall be eight hundred dollars per
year, and the County Commissioners shall have power to till
any vacancy, however occurring, whenever happening, and are
empowered to remove said .clerk and treasurer for any incom-
petency or failure to perform his duties.

221. The said clerk and treasurer to the County Commis-
sioners, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give

Bonds of
treasurer.

bond to the State of Maryland, in the same manner prescribed
for the bonds of the collectors of taxes, in the penalty of
twenty-five thousand dollars conditioned that he will truly and
faithfully perform all and singular the duties of him required,
or which may be required by the Constitution and Laws of
this State, which said bond when approved by the County
Commissioners, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the
Circuit Court for said county, a certified copy of which shall
be sufficient evidence against him, and his books shall at all
times be open to the inspection of any tax-payer; and the com-
missioners shall at any time have his books audited, the said
clerk shall on or before the first day of August, in each year,
deliver to each collector a copy of the assessment of his collec-
tion district, with the rate of taxes for said year and the aggre-
gate amount placed in his hands for collection; and he shall,
upon order of the commissioners, advertise the places and sit-
tings of the collectors; and the said clerk and treasurer shall