706 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 388

shall execute to the State of Maryland a separate bond, in the
penalty of seventy-five thousand dollars, with at least three
sureties, to be approved by the County Commissioners afore-
said, with the condition that if the above bonded Treasurer
shall well and faithfully execute his office of Treasurer of Anne
Arundel County, and shall account for and pay to the County
Commissioners for said county, or to their order, the several
sums which he shall receive for said county, or be answerable

for by law, at such time and in such manner as the law shall
direct, then the said obligation to be void; otherwise to be
and remain in full force and virtue in law; which bond shall
be renewed at the expiration of two years from the time such
person is so elected County Treasurer; and the said bonds
when approved shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of
the Circuit Court for said county; and the person so elected,
before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall take an oath
before the clerk of the Circuit Court for said county in form
similar to that heretofore taken by collectors of taxes, except
as to the title of office, and to be similarly certified; in case

of the default of the person so elected to execute the bonds
hereinbefore required and qualify within thirty days after
his election, and to execute the renewal of the bonds within
thirty days after the time the same are hereinbefore required
to be renewed, or in the event of the Treasurer's removal from
office, or his ceasing to reside in said county, or his death or
resignation during his term of office, the County Commission-
ers for said county shall declare said office vacant and at once
proceed to fill the same by the appointment of a suitable person
to serve as Treasurer until his successor shall be elected at the
next general election thereafter to be held for county officers
in said county, and qualified as hereinbefore required; and
such person so appointed to fill a vacancy shall, within twenty
days from the date of his appointment, give bond and qualify
as hereinbefore directed; and said commissioners shall con-
tinue after every twenty days to make such appointment until
a Treasurer shall bond and qualify as aforesaid; the sureties
on any Treasurer's bond shall, when so required by said Com-
missioners, make oath in due form of law, respectively, that
they are the owners in their own right of real estate situated
in the State of Maryland, equal, at least, over and above their
liabilities and debts, in value to the amount of their bond;
and it shall be the duty of said Commissioners, before approv-
ing the bond of any Treasurer as hereinbefore provided, to