ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1549
CHAPTER 682.

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 208 of the Acts of 1922,
providing for a deputy treasurer and fixing his compensation.

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 208 of the
Acts of 1922, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with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, 1902 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 conviction 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 unas-
sessed property in said county, and for this purpose he is clothed
with all the powers possessed by collectors of taxes under the pro-
visions of the Code of Public General Laws, and said Treasurer
may appoint a deputy treasurer who shall receive an annual
salary of not more than one thousand ($1,000) dollars to be paid
by the County Commissioners of Kent County, who shall be au-
thorized to act in his place, for whose acts he shall be re-
sponsible and said treasurer may also 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 he may deem proper, to be deducted from his salary
and said Treasurer shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hun-
dred dollars and the fees for selling the property of delinquents,
as hereinafter provided, as are allowed collectors of taxes under
the provisions of the Code of Public General Laws, and the fur-
ther sum of twenty-five cents for each person's property assessed
by him, and five cents for each dog or bitch returned to the
County Commissioners and by them ordered to be entered on
the assessment books of the county; but dogs in the incorpo-