524 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 298

CHAPTER 298.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 403
and 413 of Article 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland, as codified by John W. Staton, and legalized
by the General Assembly of Maryland of 1914, and
amended by virtue of Chapter 212 of the Acts of 1918,
title "Worcester County," sub-title "Snow Hill."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 403 and 413 of Article 24 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, as codified by John W.
Staton and legalized by the General Assembly of Maryland of
1914, and amended by virtue of Chapter 212 of the Acts of
1918, title "Worcester County," sub-title "Snow Hill," be
and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments, so as to read as follows:

403. The tax collector before entering upon the discharge
of his duties shall subscribe to an oath for the faithful per-
formance of his duties and give bond to the State of Mary-
land in a sum twice the amount of the taxes levied, to be ap-
proved by the Mayor and Council, and conditioned for the
faithful performance of his duties; he shall collect all taxes
that may be levied by law, ordinance, or otherwise, and shall
pay the same promptly to the Treasurer; he shall keep safe
and return when demanded, his tax assessment books, bills,
papers and receipts, and shall make monthly reports of his
collections; his books shall be subject to inspection by any tax-
payer; all such taxes shall be collected as county taxes are
now collected in Worcester County, or by suit and execution
as debts are now collected; and if collected by suit and execu-
tion such suit and execution shall be in the corporate name
of the Mayor and Council of Snow Hill; and every judgment
and execution in such suits for taxes shall have priority over
all other liens of whatsoever character except for unpaid taxes
due the United States, the State of Maryland, or any of the
counties of the State of Maryland; and this remedy may be
applied to the collection of all taxes already levied by said
Mayor and Council of Snow Hill as well as those to be levied
after the passage hereof; and in every such action, including
such actions before Justices of the Peace, an appearance fee
of five dollars to the plaintiff's attorney shall be taxed as a part
of the plaintiff's costs.