PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1591

his duty to promptly deposit any and all moneys by him received
and collected in some bank or banks, or other banking institution
in Dorchester County, to be designated and approved by the
County Commissioners, and in designating and approving sucn
place or places of deposit the said commissioners shall prefer the
bank or banks, or other banking institution which will agree to
pay interest on monthly balances or deposits rather than any
bank or banks or institution which will not pay said interest,
and before making said deposits the Treasurer may require said
bank, banks, or other banking institution to give bond or other-
security to said Treasurer to guarantee the safety of said de-
posits; said bond or bonds or securities to be approved by the
said County Commissioners.

SEC. 107. The said Treasurer before he enters upon the duties
of his said office shall take an oath before the Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court for Dorchester County that he will faithfully perform
the duties of same; and he shall also execute a bond to the Stat,
of Maryland, in the penalty of sixty thousand dollars, for the
faithful performance of his duties as Treasurer and Collector
of Dorchester County, and further conditioned that he shall
well and truly account and be liable for any and all moneys
coming into his possession as Treasurer and Collector, for which
he shall be answerable by law, which bond shall be secured by
a fidelity or surety company qualified to act as surety or guaran-
tor under the laws of the State of Maryland, and shall be ap-
proved by the County Commissioners of Dorchester County, or
a majority of them, and thereafter be recorded in the office of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County, and the cost
of said bond shall be borne by the County.

SEC. 108. In the event of the failure of any Treasurere ap-
pointed or elected, to execute the bond required and provided
for by the preceding Section on or before the day upon which
he is to take possession of the office of Treasurer and enter upon
the duties thereof, in conformity with the provision of this Act,
the County Commissioners of Dorchester County shall appoint
some qualified voter of Dorchester County as Treasurer and
Collector during this term in the place of the one who failed
to qualify; and in case of his failure to qualify within thirty
days, to appoint another, and so on after every interval of
thirty days until a Treasurer shall be duly qualified.

SEC. 109. In the event of the death, resignation or removal
of the Treasurer during his term of office, the County Commis-