ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  103

"Kent County, " sub-title "County Treasurer, " be and the
same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so
as to read as follows:

152. 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 successor 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 con-
viction 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 connection 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 for
this purpose he is clothed with all the powers possessed by col-
lectors of taxes under the provisions of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws, and said Treasurer may appoint a deputy treasurer,
who shall receive an annual salary of not more than one thou-
sand ($1, 000) dollars to be paid by the County Commissioners
of Kent County, who shall be authorized 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 compensation as he may deem proper,
to be deducted from his salary and said treasurer shall receive
an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars and the fees for
selling the property of delinquents, as hereinafter provided, as
are allowed collectors of taxes under the provisions of the Code
of Public General Laws, said Treasurer shall, before entering
upon his duties of his office, execute to the State of Maryland,
two bonds, with sureties to be approved by the County Commis-
sioners, one for fifteen thousand dollars, conditioned for the
faithful collection and payment to the State Treasurer of all
State taxes levied and placed in his hands for collection and the
faithful performance of all other duties devolving on him, and
another bond for twenty-five thousand dollars, conditioned for
the proper collection and disbursement of all taxes levied and
placed in his hands for Kent County, and the faithful per-
formance of all other duties devolving upon him; said bonds to