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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

cies and insolvencies without an order for such
allowances by the commissioners ; he shall also
keep an account, in a proper book, between him-
self and the commissioners, and charge himself
with moneys received from all sources, naming
them, and credit himself with amounts paid out,
and keep on file the orders of the commissioners
as vouchers for the correctness of his disburse-

Office hours.

ments ; and he shall keep the commissioners
office open from nine A. M. to four P. M., each
day, Sundays and holidays excepted ; and his
compensation, as clerk and treasurer, shall be
seven hundred dollars per year, and the county
commissioners shall have power to fill any va-
cancy, however, occurring whenever the same
happens, and may remove him for any incompe-
tency or failure to perform any of his duties.
SEC. 0. That the term of his office of said clerk

Term of office.

and treasurer shall expire with the term of the
board of county commissioners by whom he was
appointed, or until his successor is elected and
qualified, and the said clerk before entering on

To give bond.

the duties of his office, he shall give bond to the
State of Maryland, in the penalty of twenty
thousand dollars, with at least two good sureties,
conditioned that he will truly and faithfully per-
form all and singular the duties of him required,
or which may be required by the constitution
and laws of this state, which said bond, to be
approved by the county commissioners, shall be
filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court
for said county, a certified copy of which shall
be sufficient evidence against him, and his books
shall at all times be open to inspection by the
county commissioners or any taxpayer of the
said county.
SEC. 7. That it shall be the duty of the clerk

Clerk to de-
liver.

of the county commissioners, on or before the
first day of August in the year eighteen hundred
and eighty-nine, and in each and every year
thereafter, to deliver to each collector a copy of
the assessment of his collection district, with
the rate of taxes for said year, and the aggre-
gate amount placed in his hands for collection.

When due
and payable.

SEC. 8. That the annual levy made by the
county commissioners shall be due and payable
on the first day of September of the year in