78 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 71

age improvements, or to reimburse any landowners for
any amounts expended by them in the construction thereof.

(h) The County Treasurer shall report to the Board
of Managers, at regular intervals, whatever amounts he
may have collected as drainage taxes during such periods,
with a list showing the amount received from each taxable.
The Board of Managers shall order all such monies to be
paid by the County Treasurer for the redemption of the
bonds or notes issued and the interest thereon.

(i) If any instalment of principal and/or interest rep-
resented by the said bonds or notes shall not be paid at
the time and in the manner the same shall become due
and payable, and such default shall continue for a period
of six months, the holder or holders of such bond or note
or bonds or notes in default shall have a right of action
against the Board of Managers. The Circuit Court of the
County may issue a writ of mandamus against the Board
of Managers, directing the levying of a tax or special as-
sessment against the taxables in default, and the collection
of the same, in such sum as may be necessary to meet any
unpaid instalments of principal and interest and the costs
of the action. The amount of the tax or special assess-
ment shall be certified by the Board of Managers to the
County Treasurer, who shall proceed immediately to col-
lect the same from the taxables so in default, according
to the procedure provided in Sections 67-69 of this Article,
and when such sums have been collected the County Treas-
urer shall, upon order of the Board of Managers, pay the
said unpaid instalments of principal and interest in default
and the costs of the action. The official bonds of the
County Treasurer and the other officers shall be liable for
the faithful performance of the duties assigned to them
under this sub-title. The holder or holders of any bond or
note or bonds or notes in default are hereby authorized
to institute suit against any officer on his official bond
for failing to perform any of the duties required of him
pursuant to this section.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and
safety and having been passed by a yea and nay vote,
supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 4, 1949.