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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 55

shall distribute and apportion pro rata to the several partic-
ular heads or items of expenses as required to be designated
in the levy for general purposes as provided by Section 195 ;
he shall pay out the several sums of money which may be
collected Or received upon warrants as hereinafter directed,
and in no case shall the collector pay out the money collected
and credited for one purpose to or for any other except that
when the purpose for which any account shall have been
created has been fulfilled and all obligations which may have
existed against the said account have been satisfied and
there remains to the credit to the said account a balance; he
shall, if the Mayor and Council shall so order, transfer the
said balance to the credit of the general purpose account ;
he shall make under oath quarterly reports, viz., to the first
regular meeting of the Mayor and Council in July, October,
January, and April, next succeeding the date of his appoint-
ment, or any other time when called upon by the Mayor and
Council, showing the condition of his receipts and expendi-
tures, and the statement submitted in January shall be pub-
lished by the Mayor and Council in one or more newspapers
published in the town as they may direct; the tax collector

Bond to be
given.

shall give bond to the Mayor and Council, to be approved by
them, for the faithful discharge of his duties, in such penalty as
they may prescribe not less than double the amount of the
taxes levied, and shall receive such compensation for his
services as the Council may deem proper, such compensation,
however, to be fixed at the date of his appointment, and he
shall not receive any other fees or compensation except that

Penalty.

fixed at the date of his appointment; and any tax collector
who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be liable
to indictment in the Circuit Court for Washington County, and
upon conviction shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, at the
discretion of the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 8, 1906.