448 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 407.

formance of their duties fix the salary or compensation
of each of the said Tax Collectors for the ensuing term,
to be paid by the Commissioners, and not retained out
of the collections by the Collector, which amount so fixed
by said Commissioners shall be in full of all compensa-
tion of every kind to be paid the said respective Col-
lectors for collecting the State and County Taxes so placed
in their hands for collection during their said term
of office; and the salary or compensation shall be upon
a commission basis to be determined by the County
Commissioners, but said commissions shall not exceed
one per centum for the First Tax Collection District nor
three per centum for the Second and Third Collection Dis-
tricts respectively, and shall be payable in monthly install-
ments only on taxes collected and paid over; one-third of
all amounts payable to either of the Tax Collectors for the
First, Second, and Third Tax Collection Districts shall be
retained or withheld by the Commissioners until final set-
tlement by the respective collectors with said Commission-
ers; which said sums or commission shall include all ex-
penses of whatsoever kind incurred by said Collectors in
the collection of said taxes; said County Commissioners
shall not allow any greater compensation nor pay any bills
for any matter whatsoever for the use of said Collec-
tors nor supply any stationery or other thing unless
the same shall be charged against the said compensa-
tion so to be allowed said Tax Collectors; and if it
shall be found at any time during a fiscal year that any
monthly payments to be made to said Tax Collectors,
together with the previous monthly payments, would
exceed two-thirds of any limits of compensation herein
provided, no further payment shall be allowed until final
settlement is made by said Collectors with said County
Commissioners as aforesaid, provided further that the
County Commissioners shall pay the premium upon each
of the bonds of the respective Tax Collectors.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts
of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are
hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this. Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
being passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported by three-
fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses
of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 30, 1943.