"64 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 423

State and County taxes in the penalty, and with the conditions
as now provided for Tax Collectors' bonds by Section 32 of Ar-
ticle 81 of the Code of "Public General Laws of the State of
Maryland, with personal or corporate surety or sureties to be
approved by the County Commissioners, except that the pen-
alty in the said bond of said Collector, for the collection of
the County taxes for the First Tax Collection District shall
be, in the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars; the penalty
in the bond of said Collector for the collection of County
taxes for the Second Tax Collection District shall be in the
sum of fifty thousand dollars, and the penalty in the bond of
said Collector for the collection of County taxes for the
Third Tax Collection District, shall be in the sum of fifty
thousand dollars; and said County Commissioners, at their
April session in the year 1927 and in. each year thereafter
shall, before said Collectors enter upon the performance of
their duties, fix the salary or compensation of each of said
tax collectors for the ensuing year, to be paid by the Com-
missioners, and not retained out of the collections by the Col-
lector, which amount so fixed by said Commissioners, shall be
in full of all compensation of every kind to be paid the said
Collectors for collecting, the State and County taxes, so placed
in their hands for collection from year to year, and Section 31
of Article 81 of the Code of Public General Laws so far as the
same relates to Allegany County is hereby repealed, except as
hereinbefore provided; and the salary or compensation shall be
upon a commission basis to be determined by the County Com-
missioners, but said commission shall not exceed one per
centum for the First Tax Collection District nor three per
centum f or the Second and Third Districts, respectively, pro-
vided that the compensation in said Second and Third Col-
lection Districts shall not exceed the sum of thirty-five hundred
dollars, and shall be payable in monthly instalments only on
taxes collected and paid over; one-third of which shall be re-
tained or withheld by the Commissioners until final settlement
by the respective Collectors with the said Commissioners;
which said sums or commissions shall include all expenses of
whatsoever kind incurred by said collectors in the collection of
said taxes, and said County Commissioners shall not allow
any greater compensation nor pay any bills for any matter
whatsoever for the use of said collector nor supply any sta-
tionery or other thing unless the same shall be charged against
the said compensation so to be allowed said tax collectors, and