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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 127.

which he shall receive for the city or be answerable for by
law at such times as the law shall direct, then such obligations
shall be void; and the Mayor is authorized to approve as
surety upon said bond a guarantee company, and the premium
for eaid bond, if any, shall be paid out of the city treasury.
In case the person appointed treasurer shall fail to execute the
bond required by this section within twenty days after the
date of his appointment, or in the event of the treasurer's
removal from the city, death, resignation or removal from

Have the
custody of all
monies, etc.

office, the Mayor shall at once proceed to make a new appoint-
ment to fill the vacancy thereby occasioned. The treasurer
shall take charge of and safely keep all monies, bonds, notes
and other securities belonging to said city, and shall pay all
claims against said city upon the order of the Mayor and City
Council, but he shall not pay any claim against said city, no
matter by whom held, without first deducting from the amount
of such claim all and every sum or sums due or owing to said
city for taxes, or otherwise, by the original holder of such
claim, or by the assignee thereof, and no assignee of such
claim shall avoid such deduction, but shall always be regarded
as charged with notice of the city's right to make such deduc-
tion. He shall, as often as he is called upon to do so, make
a written statement to the Mayor and City Council of the
financial condition of the . city. He shall not pay out any
funds belonging to the city except upon orders passed in

Collector of
taxes.

session by the Mayor and City Council and countersigned by
the Mayor and city clerk. The treasurer shall be the collec-
tor of all taxes which may be levied by the Mayor and City
Council of Havre de Grace, and shall receive and be the
custodian of all monies which may be due said city from any
source whatever, and he shall attend at the City Council
chamber at such times, and between such hours, and shall
receive such compensation as the Mayor and City Council
shall by ordinance prescribe.
151. The Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the

City clerk
to be
appointed,
Duties
defined.

City Council, shall annually, on or before the first Monday in
June, appoint a resident and legal voter of the city of Havre
de Grace, not less than twenty-five years of age, to be city
clerk. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties the
said clerk shall take and subscribe, before some justice of
the peace of Harford county, the oath prescribed in section
6 of Article 1 of the Constitution of this State. In case
the person appointed city clerk shall fail to take the oath
required by this section within twenty days after his appoint-
ment, or in the event of the clerk's removal from the city,
death, resignation or removal from office, the Mayor shall
it once proceed to fill the vacancy thereby occasioned by a