ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 903

elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly,
the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 26th, 1922.

CHAPTER 410.

AN ACT to repeal Sections 128A, 130, 131 and 132 of Article
16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
"Montgomery County," sub-title "County Commissioners,"
and to re-enact Sections 128A, 130, 131 and 132 with amend-
ments, providing for the compensation of the Treasurer of
Montgomery County and his assistants.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 128A, 130, 131 and 132 of Article 16 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Montgomery
County," sub-title "County Commissioners," be and the same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, so as to
read as follows:

Section 128A. There shall be a Treasurer of Montgomery
County, who shall be a resident and qualified voter of said
county, and not less than twenty-iive years of age on the date
of his election; he shall be elected at the general election held
in said Montgomery County in November, 1921, and shall
hold his office for the term of four years from the first Tues-
day of May next succeeding the date of his election, and upon
the expiration of his term his successor shall be elected in the
manner provided in this section. The County Commissioners
of Montgomery County are hereby directed to provide the
Treasurer with suitable office space in the Court House at
Rockville. The Attorney to the County Commissioners for
Montgomery County is hereby required and directed to advise
and give legal assistance to the said Treaurer when requested
by the latter so to do, as well as to furnish him with a writ-
ten legal opinion on any point arising in the performance of
the duties of the said County Treasurer. The Treasurer shall
devote his personal attention to the duties of the office, and
the County Treasurer's office shall be open for the transaction
of business during the business hours of each week during
his term, excepting legal holidays. The County Commission-
ers are hereby authorized and directed to pay the County Treas-