EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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no other compensation or commission except the fees here-
inafter allowed in case of sales of personal property, and his
duties shall be as follows :
A. That before entering upon the discharge of the duties

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of said office the treasurer of Montgomery county shall take
and subscribe before the clerk of the Circuit Court for said
county the oath prescribed in Section 6 of Article 1 of the
Constitution of the State, and shall give a bond, to be
executed by himself and some surety or guarantee company
incorporated under the laws of this State, to the State of
Maryland, in the penalty of an amount equal to the amount
of taxes to be placed in his hands for the next ensuing year,
as estimated by the County Commissioners, with the condi-
tion prescribed in Section 32 of Article 81 of the Code of
Public General Laws of this State relating to the bonds of
collectors of State taxes, and also a bond to the State of
Maryland, executed as above provided, in the penalty of
$50,000, conditioned for the faithful performance of his
duties as treasurer of Montgomery county; said bonds shall
be approved by the County Commissioners of said county,
and new bonds shall be given for each year that he shall
hold office; provided, that after the first year of his encum-
bency said bonds may be executed and delivered at any time
before the annual levy of taxes is placed in his hands for
collection, and all such bonds shall be recorded in the office
of the clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery county,
and the commissioners of said county shall require as surety
upon such bonds a surety or guarantee company incorporated
under the laws of this State, and the said County Commis-
sioners shall levy such sums as may be necessary to defray
the expenses thereof.
B. And be it enacted, That in case the person so appointed
shall fail to execute the bonds required by the preceding

Oath to be
taken and
bond given.

section on or before the day prescribed for his entering upon
the duties of his office, or before the annual levy of taxes is
placed in his hands for collection, as the case may be, or in
the event of the treasurer's removal from the county, death,
resignation or removal from office for misconduct therein,
the County Commissioners shall declare said office vacant,
and at once proceed to fill the same by appointment of a
suitable person possessing the qualifications herein pre-
scribed, for the remainder of the current term, who shall,

Office to be
declared
vacant.