456 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 257

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 34 of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, title "Revenue and Taxes," sub-title "Collectors
and Collections," be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

SEC. 34. Every collector of county taxes before he acts as
such shall give bond to the State of Maryland in a penalty
of double the amount of such taxes to be collected by him,
with good and sufficient sureties to be approved by the County
Commissioners; and the collector of city taxes in the City of
Baltimore before he acts as such shall give bond in such pen-
alty as may be prescribed by the ordinances of the Mayor and
City Council to be approved by the Mayor and Presidents of
both branches of the City Council, or any two of them, the
Mayor being one, with the condition that if the above bound
............................shall well and faithfully execute his office

and shall, account for any pay to the County Commissioners,
or to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, if in said city,
or their order, the several sums of money which he shall receive
for the county or city, as the case may be, or be answerable
for by law at such time as the law shall direct, then the said
obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full force
and virtue in law; and every collector of State taxes appointed
by the County Commissioners shall also give a separate bond
to the State of Maryland in a penalty double the amount of
the tax to be collected by him, with good and sufficient secu-
rities to be approved by the Governor, with the condition that
if the above bound.............................shall well and faithfully

execute his office and shall account for to the Comptroller and
pay to the Treasurer of the State the several sums of money
which he shall receive for the State, or be answerable for by
law, at such times as the law shall direct, then the said obliga-
tion to be void, otherwise to remam in full force and effect;
provided, that whenever the surety on the bond of any such
collector of county or State taxes is a corporation authorized
by the laws of the State to qualify as such, the amount of the
penalty of the bond shall be an amount not exceeding the
amount of such tax to be collected by him. This section shall
not apply to Garrett, Talbot, Montgomery nor Washington
Counties.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take
effect on the first day of June, 1920.

Approved April 16, 1920.