LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

110. The treasurer shall keep his office open iu the court
house, at Upper Marlboro, in said county, from ten o'clock A.

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M. until three o'clock P. M. each day, Sundays and legal holi-
days excepted, for the purpose of discharging the duties of his
office. He shall also, in person or by deputy, attend, one day
in the month of June, and one day in the month of Septem-
ber of each year, in each election district of said county, for
the purpose of collecting taxes payable to him, and he shall
give at least ten days' notice of the times and places of such
attendance, in one newspaper published in said county, and by
handbills posted in each district, He shall, upon payment
thereof, deliver to the taxpayer a receipted bill, containing each
item of real estate, and the aggregate of personalty therein
embraced.

111. The treasurer shall at the end of his term of office,
deliver up the office to his successor, and all papers and books

Office hours.

relative thereto, except the books containing taxes of the last
annual levy uncollected by him and for which his bond is
responsible; and he shall be allowed nine months thereafter
to complete the collection of the same, and to make final settle-
ment with the County Commissioners of Prince George's
county and the Treasurer of the State of Maryland, said books
retained by him, as hereinbefore provided, shall not be
removed, however, from the treasurer's office.

Office deliv-
ered up to
his succes-
sor.

112. The treasurer shall be entitled to a clerk to he appointed
by himself, and for whose official conduct he shall be responsi-
ble, said clerk shall be paid tive hundred dollars per annum by
the County Commissioners of Prince George's county.

113. All county taxes shall be paid in cash or in the

Clerk
appointed.

matured coupons of Prince George's county bonds ; and all
money collected by the treasurer and belonging to said county
shall be deposited by him, as soon as collected, in a safe bank
in the name of the treasurer of said county and not in his
individual name.

114. All county taxes shall be due on the first day of July

How taxes
shall be
paid.

next succeeding their levy, and shall bear interest from that
date. On such as remain unpaid after the first day of Novem-
ber following, there shall accrue, in addition to said interest, a
penalty of one-half of one per cent, for each whole month that
they may elapse thereafter, until payment or a sale for default
which is finally ratified by the court.

115. The treasurer shall be the collector of all State and
county taxes levied by the County Commissioners of Prince

When due.