240                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 163

($100.00),] Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), payable semi-an-
nually. The secretary-treasurer appointed by the Commission shall
be the collector of all charges and assessments made by the Com-
mission, and shall receive and account for all monies which shall be
due and payable to said Commission from any source whatsoever.
All monies deposited shall be protected by a depository bond, or by
such other securities as may be approved by the said Commission.
The secretary-treasurer shall give bond to the State of Maryland in
the amount specified by said Commissioners with good and sufficient
surety to be approved by said Commissioners, with the condition
that if the above bounden secretary-treasurer shall well and faith-
fully execute his office and shall account to the said Commission for
all the monies which he shall receive for account of the Commission,
or be answerable for by law, then the said obligation to be void,
otherwise to be and remain in full force and effect. The said bond,
when approved, shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Howard County; and the person so appointed,
before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take an oath before
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County, in form similar to
that taken by collectors of taxes, except as to the title of the office.
The Commission is hereby empowered to pay the premiums on all
bonds. All checks issued by said Commission shall be countersigned
by the chairman. The said Commission shall annually have its ac-
counts audited by a certified public accountant, to be selected by said
Commission, and paid by said Commission, and publish a full, true
and itemized account, under oath, of its receipts and disbursements in
a newspaper published in said Howard County.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved March 29,1955.

CHAPTER 163
(House Bill 500)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-section (b)
of Section 230-J of Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Howard County", sub-title
"Planning and Sub-division Control", as said sub-section was
amended by Chapter 184 of the Acts of 1953, relating to pro-
cedure for installation of water mains, piping, sewerage and other
facilities in Sub-divisions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sub-section (b) of Section 230-J of Article 14 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), be, and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.