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received a tie vote to be Mayor or Councilman as the case
may be; and the Mayor or Councilman, as the case may
be, shall hold his office as fully as if he had received the
highest number of votes.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1935.

Approved: April 29, 1935.

CHAPTER 46.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
102 of Article 19 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "St. Mary's County, "
sub-title "Leonardtown, " relating to the bond of the
Treasurer of Leonardtown.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 102 of Article 19 of the Code of
Public Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "St.
Mary's County, " sub-title "Leonardtown, " be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

102. The Commissioners may levy on or before the last
Monday of July annually on the assessable property of the
town or corporation a sum sufficient for all general pur-
poses, such taxes not to exceed twenty-five cents on the one
hundred dollars' worth of property. Such taxes, when
levied, shall be a preferred lien upon the property assessed,
and shall be due and demandable on the first Monday in
August in each year. After being levied for the collection
of taxes so levied, from which time said taxes shall draw
six per cent, interest, the Commissioners shall annually
appoint a collector of taxes within the corporate limits of
said town, who may be the bailiff of said town, on or
before the second Monday of July in each year, and the
said collector shall within ten days after his appointment,
give bond to the State of Maryland in the sum of Two
Thousand Dollars ($2, 000. 00) and conditioned upon the
faithful performance of the trust reposed in him as col-
lectoi', with sureties to be approved by the Commissioners,
and on failure to give bond within the time specified, the
Commissioners shall appoint another person as collector.