1518 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 680

by sale, as herein provided, of all property upon which taxes
are in arrears, as soon as he is empowered so to do, and upon
his retirement from office he is directed and required to deliver
to his successor all office books and papers and all balances of
taxes due upon the levies for which he is charged, including
all cash in his hands as treasurer, whether from taxes, the
proceeds of sale of property of delinquent taxpayers or from
any other source; and also to deliver to him all proceedings
had for the enforcement of the payment of said taxes, and
the successor of a deceased or retiring treasurer is empowered
and required to collect and enforce the payment of said taxes,
as herein provided; and in all cases where a treasurer has
taken steps for the enforcement of the payment of said taxes,
and shall retire or die before the collection of said taxes, or
before said proceedings are completed, his successor is em-
powered and required to continue and complete said proceed-
ings for the enforcement of the payment of said taxes, and
to collect the same; and is hereby clothed with all the power
and authority in law had by the retiring treasurer during his
term of office for that purpose.

476. The County Commissioners of Harford County shall
annually levy such sums of money as they shall deem, sufficient
to pay the expenses which may be incurred during the succeed-
ing year by the attendance of jurors, State witnesses, crier
and bailiffs of the Circuit Court, together with any expenses
of said Court which they may be required to pay, and it shall
be the duty of. the treasurer to pay said expenses to the in-
dividual entitled to receive the same whenever the amount so
payable shall be duly certified to him by said Court, and upon
his failure to pay any such sum when so certified to the person
entitled to receive the same, the said treasurer shall forfeit
and pay to every such person for every such failure the sum
of one dollar, to be recovered as other small sums are recov-
ered, before a justice of the peace, together with the cost of
suit; the said Court shall not issue to the individual entitled
to receive any of the expense aforesaid, except witnesses, any
evidence that such sums are due, but the same shall be certified
directly to said treasurer, and the said treasurer, before paying
the same shall deduct from the respective amounts due as
aforesaid any sum or sums of money due and owing by the
said individual to the said county for taxes or otherwise; but
said treasurer shall pay no Court expenses save the per diem
of jurors, State witnesses, crier and bailiffs, unless the bills
for the same shall have been first submitted to and approved