ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR 1215

CHAPTER 610.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
222 of Article 15 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title,
"Kent County," sub-title, "County Treasurer," as en-
acted by Chapter 114 of the Acts of 1906.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 222 of Article 15 of the Code of
Public Local Laws, title, "Kent County," sub-title, "County
Treasurer," as enacted by Chapter 114 of the Acts of 1906,
be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, so as to read as follows:

SEC. 222. At the general election of delegates to be held
on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1907,
and every two years thereafter, there shall be elected a County
Treasurer for Kent County by the qualified voters of said
County, who shall hold his office for the term of two years
from the first day of June following, and until a successor
is elected and qualified, and who shall be subject at all times
to be removed for wilful neglect of duty or misdemeanor in
office, upon conviction in a Court of Law; he shall not be
eligible, to re-election until after the interval of one full term,
and in no event until he shall have fully settled up all busi-
ness connected with his former term. It shall be the duty
of said County Treasurer to collect all State and County taxes
levied in Kent County, and said Treasurer shall have the
power and authority to assess all new or unassessed property
in said County, and for this purpose he is clothed with all
the powers possessed by collectors of taxes under the provisions
of the Code of Public General Laws, and said Treasurer may
appoint one or more deputies, who shall be authorized to act
in his place, for whose acts he shall be responsible and to
whom he may pay such compensation as he may deem proper,
to be deducted from his salary and said Treasurer shall receive
an annual salary of Two Thousand Dollars and the fees for
selling the property of delinquents, as hereinafter provided,
as are allowed collectors of taxes under the provisions of the
Code of Public General Laws, and the further sum of twenty-
five cents for each person's property assessed by him, and
five cents for each dog or bitch returned to the County Com-
missioners and by them ordered to be entered on the assess-