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ions of this section shall hold the same for two
years from the first Monday in September succeeding their
election, and the said J. Marshall Dent, or his successor in said
office of Treasurer of St. Mary's county, may appoint some
person, a resident of said county, to be Assistant Treasurer,
who shall be authorized to act in his place, and for whose act
he shall be responsible, and he shall give such bond to said
Treasurer, conditioned for the faithful performance of his
duty, as the said Treasurer may require ; said Assistant Treas-
urer to to be paid by the County Treasurer out of the salary
and commissions allowed to him for the collection of county
and State taxes in St. Mary's county. The County Commis-
sioners of said county shall provide the said Treasurer with
proper stationery, books, blanks and other necessary appoint-
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CHAP. 346.
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ments for an office, which office they shall always provide and
furnish; in the town of Leonardtown, and the Treasurer
appointed by this section and those to be hereafter elected
shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars, to be
paid monthly by the County Commissioners of said county,
and shall also be allowed the commissions allowed by Article
81 of the Code of Public General Laws, title "Revenue and
Taxes," for the collection of State taxes, and the said Treas-
urer shall receive twenty-five cents for every one hundred
dollars' worth of new and unassessed property not already on
the assessment books assessed by him, and ordered by the
County Commissioners to be entered on the books of their
office ; and the said Treasurer and his successors in office
shall execute to the State of Maryland two bonds, one for
fifteen thousand dollars, conditioned for the proper collec-
tion and payment to the State Treasurer all State taxes
placed in his hands for collection, and another of twenty-
five thousand dollars, conditioned for the proper collec-
tion and disbursement of all moneys coming into his hands
for the county, and the faithful performance of other
duties devolving upon him, such bonds to be approved
as bonds of the sheriffs of the respective counties of this
State are approved, and to be recorded in the office of the
clerk of the Circuit Court for St. Mary's county ; but before
entering upon the duties of said office, the said Treasurer shall
take and subscribe before said clerk the oath prescribed by
section 6 of Article 1 of the Constitution of Maryland. All
county collectors of St. Mary's county now having taxes in
hand for collection for which their bond is responsible, shall
complete said collections and turn over the money so collected
to the County Commissioners of said county except such sums
as may be subject to orders heretofore given on said collection
by the County Commissioners for said county.
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Stationery,
blank books,
etc., to be
provided.
Salary.
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