424 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 146
CHAPTER 146.

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 682 of the Acts of 1927,
providing for a deputy treasurer and fixing his compensa-
tion.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 222 of Article 15 of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of Maryland, title "Kent County, " sub-title
"County Treasurer, " as said section was amended by Chapter
682 of the Acts of 1927, be and it is hereby repealed and re-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, 1926,
and every four 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 four
years from the first day of June following, and until a succes-
sor 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 unassessed property in said coun-
ty, and for this purpose he is clothed with all the powers pos-
sessed by collectors of taxes under the provisions 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 author-
ized to act in his place, for whose acts he shall be responsible,
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 compensa-
tion 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 delin-