482 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 208

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1922.

Approved April 13th, 1922.

CHAPTER 208.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 222

of Article 15 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,

title "Kent County, " sub-title ''County Treasurer, " as said

section was amended by Chapter 610 of the Acts of 1920,

fixing the compensation of the County Treasurer.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 222 of Article 15 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Kent County, " sub-title
"County Treasurer, " as said section was amended by Chapter
610 of the Acts of 1920, be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments to read as follows:

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 con-
viction 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 business 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 Generals
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 com-
pensation as be may deem proper, to be deducted from his
salary and said Treasurer shall receive au annual salary of
fifteen hundred dollars and the fees for celling the property of
delinquents, as hereinafter provided, as are allowed collectors