PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 575

Local Laws of Maryland, title, "Frederick County," sub-title,
"Treasurer," as enacted by the Act of 1896, Chapter 177, as
repealed and re-enacted by the Act of 1898, Chapter 486, be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as to read as
follows:

SEC. 451-A. At the general election to be held the Tuesday
next after the first Monday in the month of November, in the
year nineteen hundred and fifteen, and on the same day in
every fourth year thereafter, a county treasurer shall be elected
by the qualified voters of Frederick County, who shall hold his
office for the term of four years and until his successor in office
is duly elected and qualified, and who shall be removed from
office by the County Commissioners of Frederick County upon
conviction in the Circuit Court for said county, or in any other
county having jurisdiction in the premises, for any wilful neglect
of duty, or misbehavior or malfeasance in office; and in case of
a vacancy in said office, by reason of a removal from office as
herein provided, or by reason of death, resignation, removal from
the County, or in any other manner, the Governor of the State
shall be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to fill such
vacancy by appointment of some person having the necessary
qualification, who shall hold said office for the remainder of the
said term. The person so elected County Treasurer shall be
Collector of all State taxes for said County, for whatsoever pur-
pose, which shall be levied or assessed during his term of office,
in the same manner and to the same extent and with the same
powers heretofore exercised by the County Treasurer and Col-
lector of State and County taxes for said County, under the
laws of the State of Maryland; and it shall be his duty to re-
ceive and collect all State and County taxes, levied or assessed
or placed in his hands for collection, with full power and au-
thority to enforce the payment of the same by distraint, sale or
otherwise, and also to receive all money which shall be due and
payable to said County from any source whatsoever; and the
said County Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to
convey to purchaser or purchasers thereof, the title to any real
or personal property sold by him for the payment of State and
County taxes or either of them. During the continuance of his
office as Treasurer, he shall collect all taxes levied by the County
Commissioners, and shall receive all moneys due to said County
from any source whatever, including interest paid on such taxes
as are in arrear, and deposit the same in some bank or banks, or
trust company or companies of Frederick City, Maryland, bid-