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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

which he shall receive for said county, or be answerable for by
law, at such time and in such manner as the law shall direct,
then the said obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain
in full force and virtue in law; which bond shall be renewed
at the expiration of two years from the time such person is so
elected county treasurer; and the said bonds when approved
shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court

Oath.

for said county; and the person so elected, before he enters
upon the duties of his office, shall take an oath before the
clerk of the Circuit Court for said county in form similar to
that heretofore taken by collectors of taxes, except as to the
title of office, and to be similarly certified; in case of the default

Failure to
give bonds.

of the person so elected to execute the bonds hereinbefore
required and qualify within thirty days after his election, and
to execute the renewal of the bonds within thirty days
after the time the same are hereinbefore required to be
renewed, or in the event of the treasurer's removal from
office, or his ceasing to reside in said county, or his
death or resignation during his term of office, the County
Commissioners for said county shall declare said office vacant
and at once proceed to fill the same by the appointment of a
suitable person to serve as treasurer until his successor shall bo
elected at the next general election thereafter to be held for
county officers in said, county, and qualified as hereinbefore
required; and such person so appointed to till a vacancy shall,
within twenty days from the date of his appointment, give
bond and qualify as hereinbefore directed; and said commis-
sioners shall continue after every twenty days to make such
appointment until a treasurer shall bond and qualify as afore-

Oath of

sureties.

said; the sureties on any treasurer's bond shall, when so
required by said commissioners, make oath in due form of law,
respectively, that they are the owners in their own right of
real estate situated in the State, of Maryland, equal, at least,
over and above their liabilities and debts, in value to the
amount of their bond; and it shall be the duty of said com-
missioners, before approving the bond of any treasurer as here-
inbefore provided, to cause the records of the county or city
wherein the sureties reside or wherein their property is situated,
to be searched by their counsel or by some competent person,
for the purpose of ascertaining the sufficiency of such bond as
presented for approval; and the person making the search
shall, under oath, report to the said commissioners the result of
such examination; the commissioners may at any time demand
of any treasurer such other and further bond, with such other
and further security, as in their judgment the interests of the