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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAP. 114	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary- land, That Sections 222, 223, 224, 225, 226 and 227 and the
	Repeal and re-enact.	Act of 1902, Chapter 156, of the Code of Public Local Laws, entitled "Kent County," sub-title "County Treas- urer," be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, so as to read as follows : Section 222. At the general election of delegates to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
	County treas- urer to be elected.	1907, and every two years thereafter, there shall be elected a county treasurer for Kent county by the qualified voters of said county, who shall hold his office for the term of two years from the first day of June following, and until a suc- cessor is elected and qualified, and who shall be subject at all times to be removed for wilful neglect of duty or misde- meanor in office, upon conviction in a court of law; he shall not be eligible to re-election until after the interval of one full term, and in no event until he shall have fully settled up all business connected with his former term. It shall be the duty of said county treasurer to collect all State and county taxes levied in Kent county, and said treasurer shall have the power and authority to assess all new or unassessed property in said county; and for this purpose he is clothed with all the powers possessed by collectors of taxes under the provisions of the Code of Public General Laws, and said treasurer may appoint one or more deputies, who shall be authorized to act in his place, for whose acts he shall be responsible and to whom he may pay such com- pensation as he may deem proper, to be deducted from his salary; and said treasurer shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars and the fees for selling the property of delinquents, as hereinafter provided, as are allowed collectors of taxes under the provisions of the Code of Public General Laws, and the further sum of twenty-five cents for each person's property assessed by him, and five cents for each dog or bitch returned to the County Commis- sioners and by them ordered to be entered on the assessment books of the county; but dogs in the incorporated town which impose a tax thereon shall not be assessed by the County Commissioners; said treasurer shall, before entering
	Bonds to be executed.	upon the duties of his office, execute to the State of Mary- land two bonds, with sureties to be approved by the County Commissioners, one for fifteen thousand dollars, conditional