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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

appointed and qualified treasurer, who shall be chargeable with
the same, and shall have full power and shall be required to
proceed in the enforcement of the collection of such taxes in
the manner as provided in section 230 of this sub-title; and the
bond or bonds of the newly qualified treasurer shall be respon-
sible for the proper collection and disbursement of said taxes,
and the bond or bonds of the retiring treasurer shall be
released from responsibility therefor; provided, that no treas-
urer's bond shall be considered as released until he has fully
settled his accounts secured thereby, and fulfilled the duties
of his office as required by law.

To deposit
moneys in
bank.

SEC. 228. All money received by the treasurer as such, on
account of levies for county and school purposes during his
term of office, shall, immediately or as soon after its receipt as
possible, be deposited in such bank as the said commissioners
may designate, to the credit of such commissioners; and no
money shall be drawn from the said bank except by a check,
signed by the treasurer, countersigned by the clerk of the
County Commissioners, and endorsed by the person to whom
it is drawn; the treasurer shall make no payment in money
except by check as aforesaid, and all checks so drawn by him
shall be drawn from a cheek book with stubs, and shall be
regularly dated and numbered, and the stubs of each cheek
drawn shall describe the check and the object for which it was
drawn particularly; and the bank book showing the condition
of the bank account aforesaid, shall be kept regularly posted.
The said treasurer shall receive county scrip or certificates of
indebtedness from persons owing county taxes to the amount
of the county taxes for any one year, levied for general county
purposes, and placed in his hands, due by them respectively;
provided, the said certificates are payable out of the levy of
such years; but no such certificate shall be received in

Payments to
school board.

payment of past payment of any State tax. He shall re-
ceive from any taxpayer partial payments from time to
time, in sums of not less than five dollars, until the whole
amount of taxes due is paid. He shall reserve out of the
money collected by him for county purposes generally and pub-
lic schools, a sufficient sum to pay the amount levied in each
current year by said commissioners for public schools, and
shall pay the same over to the board of county school com-
missioners of said county as follows: One fourth on or before
the first day of November next succeeding the date of the
levy; one-fourth on or before the first day of February next
thereafter; one-fourth on or before the first day of April next