EMERSON O. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 803

taxes, appointed by the County Commissioners of Washington.
County under and in accordance with the provision of Section
33 of Article 81 of the Code of Public General Laws of Mary-
land, title "Revenue and Taxes," sub-title "Collectors and Col-
lections," all of which said laws, general and local, together
with any future amendments thereto, being hereby made ap-
plicable to the Tax Collector to be elected as in this section
provided; the compensation for said Tax Collector, elected as
herein provided, to be the same as is now or may hereafter
be provided by law for such collector appointed in conformity
with said Section 33 of said Article 81, provided that said
compensation shall not be less than that now paid to such col-
lector. Until the election of a Tax Collector under the provi-
sions of this Section the provisions of said Section 33 of said
Article 81 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland
shall be and remain in full force and effect, the incumbent col-
lector at the time of an election of a Tax Collector under the
provisions of this Section to hold office until the commence-
ment of the terms of office of the Tax Collector elected under the
provisions of this Section. Nothing herein contained shall be
taken to relieve any retiring collector, or Tax Collector, from
the duty of collecting after the expiration of his term of office
the taxes levied during the term of office of such retiring col-
lector, or Tax Collector. The County Commissioners of Wash-
ington County shall pay the premiums upon the bond required
of the Tax Collector elected under the provisions of this Sec-
tion.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the first day of June, 1918.

A!ppr6ved April 18th, 1918.

CHAPTER 346.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
213, 216, 221, 227 and 230 of Article 21 of the Code of;
Public Local Laws of the State of Maryland, title "Talbot
County," sub-title "Trappe."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 213, 216, 221, 227 and 230 of Article 21
of the Code of Public Local Laws of the State of Maryland,
title "Talbot County," sub-title "Trappe," be and they are