ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 279

County taxes. At the beginning of his term of office, and an-
nually thereafter, he shall give bond to the State of Maryland for
the use of The Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick, in a penalty
of Fifty Thousand Dollars, with good and sufficient surety or
sureties to be approved by the Board of Aldermen, the premium
of which said bond shall be paid by the said The Mayor and Ald-
ermen of Frederick, and the said bond shall be recorded in
the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick
County, the condition of said bond being that if the above
bounden............................ shall well and faith-
fully execute the Office of City Register of Frederick City
and Tax Collector for said City, and shall account for and pay
over to the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick the several sums
of money which he shall receive for The Mayor and Aldermen
of Frederick, or be answerable for by law, at such times as the
laws and ordinances of the said City and the orders and reso-
lutions of said Board of Aldermen shall direct, then the said
obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full force
and virtue in law. The City Register shall have the keeping
of the common seal of the corporation, which shall be circular
in form and shall have engraved around its margin the words
"Corporation of Frederick, Maryland, " and upon its center
an eagle. The corporation seal shall be used by the City Reg-
ister in all cases provided by ordinance, and in all other cases
where a corporate seal may be necessary. All fees by him
received shall be paid over to The Mayor and Aldermen of Fred-
erick; he shall receive and take into his charge all moneys of
said corporation, whether arising from fines, licenses, taxes and
forfeitures, or in any other way whatsoever and deposit the
same in bank, in the name of The Mayor and Aldermen of
Frederick, to be disbursed only in payment of claims against
the said corporation properly allowed, and for such purpose
as may be directed by the Board of Aldermen, on warrants
signed by himself and countersigned by the Mayor. He shall
keep a bank book to contain regular entries of all moneys by
him deposited, and of all checks by him drawn: he shall keep
a regular and fair account in a book or books, in folio, of all
monies by him received and expended on account of said cor-
poration, and shall semi-annually and oftener, if required by
the Mayor, or Board of Aldermen, file with him, or them, n
particular account of his receipts and expenditures, recorded
in a book kept specially for that purpose. He shall, when
required by ordinance, deposit all monies received by him as