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558 LAWS OF MARYLAND.
Court for Frederick County, the condition of said bond being
that if the above bounden............... shall well and faith-
fully execute the Office of City Register of Frederick City and
Tax Collector for said City, and shall account for and pay over
to The Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick the several sums of
money which he shall receive for The Mayor and Aldermen of
Frederick, or be answerable for by law, at such times as the
laws and ordinances of the said City and the orders and reso-
lutions of said Board of Aldermen shall direct, then the said
obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full force
and virtue in law. The City Register shall have the keeping
of the common seal of the corporation, which shall be circular
in form and shall have engraved around its margin the words
"Corporation of Frederick, Maryland," and upon its center
an eagle. The corporation seal shall be used by the City Reg-
ister in all cases provided by ordinance, and in all other
cases where a corporate seal may be necessary. All fees by him
received shall be paid over to The Mayor and Aldermen of
Frederick; he shall receive and take into his charge all moneys
of said corporation, whether arising from fines, licenses, taxes
and forfeitures, or in any other way whatsoever and deposit the
same in bank, in the name of The Mayor and Aldermen of
Frederick, to be disbursed only in payment of claims against
the said corporation properly allowed, and for such purpose as
may be directed by the Board of Aldermen, on warrants signed
by himself and countersigned by the Mayor. He shall keep a
bank book to contain regular entries of all moneys by him de-
posited, and of all checks by him drawn; he shall keep a regular
and fair account in a book or books, in folio, of all monies by
him received and expended on account of said corporation, and
shall semi-annually and oftener, if required by the Mayor, or
Board of Aldermen, file with him, or them, a particular account
of his receipts and expenditures, recorded in a book kept spe-
cially for that purpose. He shall, when required by ordinance,
deposit all monies received by him as City Register and Tax
Collector, in such bank or financial institution, subject to the
approval of the Board of Aldermen, as shall pay the highest
annual rate of interest on said deposit, as provided in said ordi-
nance. In addition to the aforegoing the City Register shall
also perform such other duties pertaining to the proper admin-
istration of his duties of his office as may be required by him
by ordinance of the City. In the event of any wilful neglect
of duty, or in ease of any misconduct, misbehavior or malfeas-
ance in office, upon his conviction thereof in the Circuit Court
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