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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 34.

Treasurer to
be appointed.

thereafter, before said date, appoint a treasurer for the town
of Bel Air, who shall hold his office for two years from the
tirst day of April succeeding the date of his appointment, and
until his successor has been duly appointed and qualified as
hereinafter provided, and shall, before he enters upon the dis-
charge of his duties as such, execute and deliver a good and
sufficient bond to the said town of Bel Air in the penalty of
live thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance
of his duties as treasurer ; said bond to be approved by the
said Town Commissioners; and if at any time a vacancy
shall occur in said office, the said commissioners shall at once
make a new appointment for the residue of the term.
Section 26 A. In case any person appointed as treasurer

Office
declared
vacant.

shall fail to execute the bond required in the preceding
section, within one week after his appointment, the said com-
missioners shall declare said office vacant and at once proceed
to fill the same by the appointment of a suitable person for
the residue of the term, who shall qualify as aforesaid.
Section 26 B. The treasurer of the town of Bel Air shall be

Collector of
Taxes,

the collector of all taxes which may be levied by the Town
Commissioners and shall receive all moneys which may be
due said town from any source whatsoever, and shall pay all
claims against said town when certified to him by the Town
Commissioners, but he shall not pay any claim against said
town without deducting from the amount thereof all and
every sum or sums due or owing to said town for taxes or
otherwise by the holder of said claim, and no assignment of
such claim to avoid such deduction shall be valid.
Section 26 C. The treasurer of the town of Bel Air shall at all

Assessment
to be made.

times inform himself by all lawful means of all lawful property,
stock or investments in said town liable to taxation and not.
included in the list of assessments, and of all new buildings
and improvements, and of all property created or acquired
since the last revised assessment, and he shall value the same,
at the full cash value thereof, and shall make return thereof
to the town Commissioners; and for the purpose of this,
section the said treasurer shall be clothed with the power of
general assessor of said town, and shall receive a fee of twenty-
five cents for each assessment made by him of new or missed
property, and his valuation shall be subject to revision and
correction by the said Town Commissioners, whose decision
shall be final. Before any assessment made as aforesaid shall
become valid, five days' notice thereof in writing shall be,
given to the owner of the property to be assessed, and if such
owner be not found within the limits of said town, then
the same shall be given to the person in possession of the