A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR,

that if the above bound —— shall well and faithful-
ly execute his office, and shall account for and pay to
the County Commissioners, (or to the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, if in Baltimore city,)
or their order, the several sums of money which
he shall receive for the county or city, (as the case
may be,) or be answerable for by law, at such
times as the law shall direct, and every Collector
of State taxes shall also give a separate bond to
the State of Maryland, in a penalty double the
amount of tax to be collected by him, with good
and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the
Governor, with condition that if the above bound
—— shall well and faithfully execute his office, and
shall account for and pay to the Treasurer of the
State, the several sums of money which, he shall
receive for the State, or be answerable for by law,
at such times as the law shall direct, then the said
obligations to be void, otherwise to remain in full
force and virtue in law.

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35. The said bonds, when approved by the
County Commissioners, shall be recorded in the
office of the Clerk of the Circuit Courts, when ap-
proved by the proper officers in Baltimore city,
shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Baltimore city, and when ap-
proved by the Governor, shall be filed in the of-
fice of the Comptroller of the Treasury.

Bonds to be
recorded.

38. The Clerks of the County Commissioners
and the Register of the city of Baltimore, shall
annually on or before the twentieth day of April,
inform the Governor whether there is in their sev-
eral counties and the said city, a Collector or Col-
lectors of the State taxes, duly appointed in con-
formity with the provisions of section thirty-three
of this Article, and shall state whether a per cen-
tum of the said collections has been allowed said
Collectors for their services as therein provided,
and if so to what extent.

Notice to be
given the Gov-
ernor.

39. If there be no Collector of State taxes quali-
fied and compensated in conformity with the fore-
going provisions in any of the counties, or any of
the Legislative Districts of the said city, by the
first day of May, in any year, the Governor shall
appoint from any part of the State a Collector or
Collectors for the said County or Legislative Dis-

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Governor to
appoint.