ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1225

of money which may be collected or received upon warrants as
hereinafter directed and in no case shall the collector pay out
the money collected and credited for one purpose to or for
any other; he shall make, under oath, quarterly reports, viz:
to the first regular meetings of the Mayor and Council in July,
October, January and April, next succeeding the date of his
appointment, or any other time when called upon by the
Mayor and Council, showing the condition of his receipts and
expenditures, and the statement submitted in January shall
be published by the Mayor and Council in one or more news-
papers published in the town, as they may direct, the Tax
Collector shall give bond to the Mayor and Council to be ap-
proved by them, for the faithful discharge of his duties in
such penalty as they may prescribe not less than $100,000 one
hundred thousand dollars, but if the Tax Collector shall re-
ceive any special funds by reason of any law or ordinance,
belonging to the city he shall give an additional bond, the
penalty thereof to be determined and approved of by the
Mayor and Council, for the faithful discharge of his duties in
the premises, and shall receive as compensation for his ser-
vices the sum of Three Thousand Six Hundred ($3,600.00)
per annum, that the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown shall
provide by annual levy for the payment of all clerk hire, office
rent, premium on bond, books, stationery and all other ex-
penses necessary for the conduct of the office of Tax Collector,
the same to be approved of by the said Mayor and Council,
and shall not receive any fees or other compensations; that
the Tax Collector shall remain in office until his successor is
duly appointed and qualified as other town officials; and any
tax collector who shall violate the provisions of this section
shall be liable to indictment in the Circuit Court for "Washing-
ton County, and upon conviction shall be fined or imprisoned
or both at the discretion of the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly,
That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act. be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage, and be it hereby termed
to be an emergency law and necessary for the immediate pres-
ervation of the public health and safety.

Approved April 13th, 1922.