HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 797

State and county taxes. At the beginning of his term of office,
and annually thereafter, he shall give bond to the State of
Maryland for the use of the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick,
in a penalty of fifty thousand dollars, with good and sufficient
surety or sureties to be approved by the Board of Aldermen,
the premium of which said bond shall be paid by the said The
Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick, and the said bond shall be
recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Frederick County, the condition of said bond being that if
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faithfully execute the office of the City Register of Frederick
City and tax collector for the said city, and shall account for
and pay over to the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick the
several sums of money which he shall receive for the Mayor
and Aldermen of Frederick, or be answerable for by law, at
such times as the laws and ordinances of the said city and the
orders and resolution of said Board of Aldermen shall direct,
then the said obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain
in full force and virtue in law.

(b) The City Register shall have the keeping of the common
seal of the corporation which shall be circular in form and
shall have engraved around its margin the words "Corporation
of Frederick, Maryland", and upon its center an eagle. The
corporation seal shall be used by the City Register in all cases
provided by ordinance, and in all other cases where a corporate
seal may be necessary. All fees by him received shall be paid
over to the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick; he shall receive
and take into his charge all moneys of the corporation,
whether arising from fines, licenses, taxes and forfeitures, or
in any other way whatsoever and deposit the same in bank,
in the name of the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick, to be
disbursed only in payment of claims against the said corpora-
tion properly allowed, and for such purpose as may be directed
by the Board of Aldermen, on warrants signed by himself and
countersigned by the Mayor. He shall keep a bank book to
contain regular entries of all moneys by him deposited, and
of all checks by him drawn; he shall keep a regular and fair
account in a book or books, in folio, of all moneys by him
received and expended on account of said corporation and
shall semi-annually and oftener, if required by the Mayor or
Board of Aldermen, file with him, or them, a particular account
of his receipts and expenditures, recorded in a book kept
specially for that purpose. He shall, when required by ordi-
nance, deposit all moneys received by him as City Register and
tax collector in such bank or financial institution, subject to
the approval of the Board of Aldermen, as shall pay the
highest annual rate of interest on said deposit, as provided