756 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 419

amount, if a personal bond be given, the said bond to continue
in force until the liability thereunder be terminated by the
president and commissioners and shall be conditioned for the
faithful discharge of each and every duty of the treasurer and
the said president and commissioners shall have authority, at
any time, to require the said treasurer to give additional bond
or surety, conditioned as aforesaid, if, in the opinion of the
President and Commissioners, an exigency has arisen requir-
ing the same; the said treasurer shall continue in office until
his successor is appointed and qualified, but shall be subject
to removal for neglect of duty, disobedience or orders, mal-
feasance in office or inability to perform the functions of the
office in a satisfactory manner; and as compensation therefor
the president and commissioners shall pay to the treasurer a
monthly sum commensurate with the services rendered or pro-
rata for a shorter period and the president and commissioners
shall have the power, at any time, to fill a vacancy in the office
of treasurer which may be caused by death, resignation, re-
moval, loss of residence or otherwise, the said treasurer being
required to be a resident of the town of Elkton; the said treas-
urer, so appointed, shall under said appointment only fill the
unexpired term of his predecessor.

134-B. Said treasurer shall have full power and authority
for the collection of town taxes, general and special, paving or
other liens; and all tax bills, general or special, unpaid on the
First day of April, in each year, shall be placed by the treas-
urer in the hands of the Sheriff of Cecil County, who is here-
by authorized, empowered and directed to seize the property
of the taxable, real or personal, on which said taxes are due and.
unpaid and dispose of the same to pay said taxes and the
charges thereon and all costs of sale and the said sheriff shall
be allowed a commission of eight (8) per centum for the col-
lection of said taxes, which said eight (8) per centum shall be
chargable against the taxable and the said sheriff shall make
a monthly return to the treasurer for all taxes collected by him
and shall levy upon the property of the taxable, if practicable,
within thirty (30) days from said April First, but no taxable
shall escape the enforced collection of the aforesaid taxes by
failure of the sheriff to make said levy within the time pre-
scribed; if the value of the property levied upon shall not be
sufficient to cover the amount of taxes in arrear, charges there-
on, and costs of advertising sale, then a less expensive method
of advertising and sale shall be adopted by the Sheriff; pro-