WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1579
CHAPTER 664
(House Bill 780)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments, Section 2
of Article 20 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947
Supplement), title "Constables", relating generally to the
bonding of constables.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 2 of Article 20 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Constables", be and it
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

2. Every constable shall also, before he acts as such, give
bond to the State of Maryland, with good and sufficient se-
curity, to be approved by the county commissioners of the
county, or the Comptroller of Baltimore City, in such penalty
as said Commissioners and Comptroller, respectively, shall
determine, conditioned "that the said constable shall well
and faithfully execute the said office in all things appertain-
ing thereto, and shall also well and truly account for all
moneys received by him on account of claims or accounts
placed in his hands for collection, or received by him on judg-
ments, and shall well and truly pay over the same"; and the
said bond shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for the county, or of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Baltimore City, and thereafter said bonds shall be
filed with the Comptroller of the State of Maryland, and a
copy thereof, under the seal of the said court, shall be good
evidence to prove the execution of such bond in any court
of this State.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 29, 1949.

CHAPTER 665
(House Bill 781)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 173 and 174 of Article 41 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Gov-
ernor—Executive and Administrative Departments", sub-
title "Department of Information", and to enact in lieu