ALLEGANY COUNTY. 497

fore the first day of April next thereafter, and the remaining
one-fourth on or before the first day of July next thereafter.

42. That for the purpose of collecting the State and county
taxes in Allegany County after the first day of April in the
year nineteen hundred and twelve, the territory of Allegany
County is hereby divided into three tax collection districts, of
which the territory now embraced by Election Districts 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22 and 23 shall constitute the "First
Tax Collection District," and the territory now embraced by
Election Districts 11, 12, 13, 17, 24, 26 and 28 shall constitute
the "Second Tax Collection District," and the territory now
embraced by Election Districts 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 19, 25 and
27 shall constitute the "Third Tax Collection District," and the
said County Commissioners for Allegany County, at their first
meeting in the month of January, in year nineteen hundred
and twelve, and every two years thereafter at said meeting
shall appoint three tax collectors, one for each of said tax col
lection districts, which collectors shall hold their office for a
term of two years, beginning on the first Tuesday of April next
after their election, or until their successors are elected and
qualified; and said collectors shall be subject to removal from
their said office by the County Commissioners of Allegany
County for any neglect of duty, misbehavior in office or incom-
petency, at any time.

42A. The tax collectors for each of said tax collection dis-
tricts shall have been bona fide residents of the several collec-
tion districts for which they shall be elected for at least five
years before their election, and shall be at least twenty-five
years of age, and shall not be related directly or collaterally
within the third degree (nor married to anyone so related),
to any member of the Board of County Commissioners making
such appointment; and said collectors shall not be eligible for
re-election for the term next ensuing; and each of said col-
lectors before entering upon the discharge of his duties shall
give the bond conditioned for the faithful performance of his
duties in the collection of State and county taxes in the pen-
alty and with the conditions as now provided for tax collectors'
bonds by Section 32 of Article 81 of the Code of Public General
Laws of the State of Maryland, with personal or corporate
surety or sureties, to be approved by the said County Commis-
sioners, and the said County Commissioners at their April
session, in the year nineteen hundred and twelve, and in every
year thereafter shall, before said collectors enter upon the per-
formance of their duties, fix the salary or compensation of each
of said tax collectors for the ensuing year, to be paid by the
Commissioners and not retained out of the collections by the
collector, which amount so fixed by said Commissioners shall