90 LAWS OP MARYLAND. [CH. 10

Article 1 of the Constitution of the State and shall give a
bond to be executed by himself and some surety or guaran-
tee company to the State of Maryland in the penalty of an
amount fixed and with the condition prescribed in Section
52 of Article 81 of the Code of Public General Laws of this
State relating to the bonds of collectors of State taxes, and
also a bond to the State of Maryland, executed as above
or as hereinafter provided, in the penalty of $50, 000 with
the conditions that if he shall well and faithfully execute
his office and account for and pay to the Board of County
Commissioners of said county or other officer or agency
entitled thereto the several sums of money which he shall
receive or be answerable for by law at such times as the
law shall direct, except for money which the said Treasurer
has duly deposited in a bank or banks designated as de-
positaries for him by the Board of County Commissioners
of Montgomery County, which may be on deposit in said
bank or banks at the time of the failure or suspension of
payment thereof, then such obligation to be void, other-
wise to be and remain in full force and virtue in law; said
bonds shall be approved by the County Commissioners of
said county, and new bonds shall be given for each year
that he shall hold office; provided that the bond so given
in each year that he shall hold office shall continue until
said new bonds shall have been given in the manner herein
provided; and provided further that after the first year of
his incumbency said bonds may be executed and delivered
at any time before the annual levy of taxes is placed in his
hands for collection; and further provided that subject to
the approval of the Board of County Commissioners in lieu
of a surety or guarantee company as surety on the bond of
said Treasurer for the sum of $50, 000 as herein provided,
the Treasurer may offer as surety not less than two sub-
stantial residents and property owners of Montgomery
County as surety, who shall be approved by the Board of
County Commissioners of said county; and all such bonds
shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County, and the said County Com-
missioners shall levy such sums as may be necessary to
defray the expenses of the surety bonds so executed by
any surety or guarantee company and/or by any such in-
dividual sureties.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote supported