98 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 48

not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25. 00) a year as com-
pensation for his services, and shall not receive any other
fee or compensation whatever. ] shall receive such salary
as the Burgess and Council shall determine from year to
year.

55. The Tax Collector shall collect all taxes assessed
and levied by the Burgess and Council for general or
special purposes to which they may be thereto lawfully
authorized. He shall keep an account of all moneys col-
lected and received by him and pay over the same to the
treasurer of the said town at such time as may be provided
by ordinance or resolution of the Burgess and Council. He
shall make, under oath, quarterly reports, viz: To the first
regular meetings of the Burgess and Council in August,
November, February and May next succeeding the date
of his appointment, or at any other time when called upon
by the Burgess and Council, showing the condition of his
receipts and disbursements. The tax collector shall give
bond to the Burgess and Council to be approved by them,
for faithful discharge of his duties in such penalty as they
may prescribe, not less than double the amount of the taxes
levied, and shall receive [the sum of fifty dollars ($50. 00)
a year as compensation for his services, and shall not
receive any other fee or compensation whatever] such
salary as the Burgess and Council shall determine from
year to year, (provided, however, that he shall at no time
receive more than five per cent (5%) of the taxes levied;
any tax collector who shall violate the provisions of this
section shall be liable to indictment in the Circuit Court
for Washington County, and, upon conviction, shall be fined
or imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the Court.

56. The Council shall select one of their number or the
Assistant Burgess to act as treasurer of the town for the
year succeeding the date of his appointment. The treasurer
shall receive from the tax collector all moneys collected
and received by the said tax collector, and also from the
Burgess all moneys collected and received by the Burgess
for licenses granted or fines paid, and all other moneys
provided by law to be to him paid; shall safely keep all
moneys received by him from the Burgess and tax collector
as aforesaid, or any preceding treasurer, and pay out such
sums only as may be ordered by the Burgess and Council
and upon warrants drawn on him, signed by the Burgess
and attested by the clerk. He shall make, under oath, semi-
annual reports, viz: To the first regular meetings of the
Burgess and Council in November and May next succeed-
ing the date of his appointment, or at any other time when