ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1037

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 779 of Article 11 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Frederick County, "
sub-title "Treasurer, " as codified in the Code of Public Local
Laws of Frederick County, Maryland (legalized by Chapter
86 of the Acts of 1918), be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read as follows:

779. At the general election to be held the Tuesday next
after the first Monday in the month of November, in the year
nineteen hundred and thirty, and on the same day in every
fourth year thereafter, a county treasurer shall be elected by the
qualified voters of Frederick County, who shall hold his office
for the term of four years and until his successor in office is
duly elected and qualified, and who shall be removed from office
by the County Commissioners of Frederick County upon con-
viction in the Circuit Court for said County, or in any other
County having jurisdiction in the premises, for any wilful
neglect of duty, or misbehavior or malfeasance in office; and in
case of a vacancy in said office, by reason of a removal from
office as herein provided, or by reason of death, resignation,
removal from the County, or in any other manner, the Governor
of the State shall be and he is hereby authorized and empowered
to fill such vacancy by appointment of some person having the
necessary qualification, who shall hold said office for the remain-
der of the said term. The person so elected County Treasurer
shall be Collector of all State and County taxes for said County,
for whatsoever purpose, which shall be levied or assessed during
his term of office, in the same manner and to the same extent
and with the, same powers heretofore exercised by the County
Treasurer and Collector of State and County taxes for said
County, under the laws of the State of Maryland; and it shall
be his duty to receive and collect all State and County taxes,
levied or assessed or placed in his hands for collection, with full
power and authority to enforce the payment of the same by
distraint, sale or otherwise, and also to receive all money which
shall be due and payable to said County from any source what-
soever; and the said County Treasurer is hereby authorized
and empowered to convey to purchaser or purchasers thereof,
the title to any real or personal property sold by him for the
payment of State and County taxes or either of them. Dur-
ing the continuance of his office as Treasurer, he shall collect
ail taxes levied by the County Commissioners, and shall receive
all moneys due to said County from any source whatever, in-