1214                      LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 486

of his appointment and until his successor is appointed and.
qualified.

The town clerk, treasurer and collector shall be paid a sal-
ary of two thousand dollars per annum, payable in monthly
installments. He shall keep in the minute books a record of
all the proceedings of the Board of Town Commissioners as
the same occur. He shall within six days after an ordinance
has been passed record the same fully and at length in the
ordinance book, and he shall duly and promptly record and
enter in the general record books all papers, documents, con-
tracts and orders which the charter or the ordinances or the
directions of the Commissioners require to be recorded therein.
He shall attend all meetings of the board unless previously
excused therefrom and assist the Commissioners in the dis-
charge of their duties and shall keep open the office of the said
Commissioners and be in attendance from 9 o'clock A. M. to
3 o'clock P. M. He shall perform carefully, diligently and
faithfully all duties imposed on him by the charter, the ordi-
nances and the proper directions of the board. He shall also
be treasurer for the town and for the Commissioners, and shall
receive and keep safely for the uses and purposes of the board
and the town all moneys belonging thereto, which he may col-
lect and which may come into his hands. He shall always be
ready to pay the Commissioners or their order any moneys
which belong to the town and which he has received on be-
half of the same. He shall upon his election without delay
execute to the Commissioners a bond in the penalty of fif-
teen thousand dollars, conditioned for the good and faithful
discharge by him of all1 the duties appertaining to his office,
imposed on him by the charter, the ordinances and the re-
quirements of the Commissioners, and if a bonding com-
pany furnishes said bond then the premium for the bond shall
be paid out of the town money. He shall collect the taxes
levied by the Commissioners of Cambridge under the annual
levy and make settlement with the Commissioners of Cam-
bridge for all taxes collected by him under the annual levy
within three months after receiving such levy, and he shall
make monthly settlements of the same thereafter. He shall
at the end of six months next after the levy is received by him
return a list of insolvents, so far as ascertained by him, and at
the end of twelve months he shall return his final lists of
insolvents. At the end of six months from the date of receiv-
ing the levy one-half of the solvent taxes shall be settled with: