1602 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 120-A. In the event that the bond of any Treasurer
shall become liable to Dorchester County or to the State of
Maryland for any unpaid or uncollected taxes, the sureties
on said bond shall be empowered to enforce the payment of said
taxes in the manner prescribed by the Public General Laws of
this State relating to revenue and taxes.

SEC. 120-B. In April, in the year nineteen hundred and
fifteen, and in April, in every second year thereafter, or as
soon as practicable thereafter, the Circuit Court for Dorchester
County, or one of the judges thereof shall appoint a competent
accountant to make a careful examination of the Treasurer's
and Collector's quarterly and yearly reports mentioned in
Section 118-A; and such other accounts connected with the
offices of the County Treasurer and the County Commissioners
as the County Commissioners may direct. Said accountant
shall be called, "the Auditor of Taxes in Dorchester County,"
and shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, take
and subscribe before the Clerk of the Circuit Court, the official
oath prescribed by the State Constitution, and he shall hold
office for two years, from the first day of May following his
appointment, and for his services he shall receive such yearly
salary as the County Commissioners may fix, and shall be paid
the same by the said Commissioners in two equal semi-annual
installments on the second Tuesday in January, and the second
Tuesday in July. He shall report in writing to the County
Commissioners, the result of his examination as soon after he
has made the same as may be practicable. In case of a vacancy
in said office, the said Court or one of the judges thereof shall
fill the vacancy for the balance of the unexpired term.

SEC. 121. The Treasurer may, in his discretion, attend in
person or b}1" deputy in each election district, three days in
each year to collect and receive taxes, and he shall give at.least
two weeks' notice of the time and place of such visits to the
respective districts by hand bills and post same conspicuously
in no less than three public places in such election district of
said County, and by advertising in two newspapers published
in Dorchester County, and said notice and advertisement shall
contain a brief statement of the discounts allowed and interest
charged on tax bills.

SEC. 121-A. The County Commissioners shall annually at
their first meeting in the month of March appoint one com-
petent person residing in each election. district of Dorchester