EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 6]

"Hagerstown, " be and the same are hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

Section 166. The tax collector shall collect all taxes assessed
and levied by the Mayor and Council for general and special
purposes, as authorized by this sub-title of this article; he shall
keep an account of all moneys collected and received by him,
and shall credit the same on his books to the particular head
or item of expenses for which the same have been levied, col-
lected or received; he shall receive all moneys which may be
collected by the clerk under any ordinance passed in pursuance
of the power conferred by Section 171 of this sub-title of this
Article, and all moneys which shall be paid over to him by
the clerk and collector as aforesaid, under any ordinances passed
under the power conferred by Section 171 of this sub-title of
this article; he shall distribute and apportion pro rata to the
several particular 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 di-
rected and in no case shall the collector pay out the money
collected and credited for one purpose to or for any other; he
shall make, under oath, quarterly reports, viz: to the first regu-
lar meetings of the Mayor and Council in July, October, Janu-
ary and April, next succeeding the date of his appointment, or
any other time when called upon by the Mayor and Council,
showing the condition of his receipts and expenditures, and the
statement submitted in January shall be published by the Mayor
and Council in one or more newspapers published in the town,
as they may direct, the Tax Collector 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 $100, 000 one hundred thousand dollars, but if the Tax
Collector shall receive any special funds by reason of any law or
ordinance, belonging to the city he shall give an additional bond,
the penalty thereof to be determined and approved of by the
Mayor and Council, for the faithful discharge of his duties in
the premises; and shall receive such compensation for his serv-
ices as the Council may deem proper; such compensation, how-
ever, to be fixed at the date of his appointment, and he shall not
receive any other fees or compensation except that 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