J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                            349

CHAPTER 268
(Senate Bill 605)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 119 of
Article 6 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930
Edition), title "Caroline County", sub-title "County Treasurer", as
said section was amended by Chapter 71 of the Acts of 1951,
relating to the payment of County taxes by a taxpayer having a
debt against the County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 119 of Article 6 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Caroline County", sub-title "County
Treasurer", as said section was amended by Chapter 71 of the Acts
of 1951, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

119. It shall be the duty of the treasurer each year, as soon as
the annual levy is made, to give public notice thereof by advertise-
ment inserted in two newspapers printed and published in said
county, and having the largest circulation, and the taxes so levied
shall be due and payable on the first day of September of the year
in which they are levied; and he shall report to the County Commis-
sioners at their first regular meeting in each month the amount of
taxes, State and county separately, collected by him up to the date
of such report, and the amount of disbursements made and the
balance in hand, and he shall deposit at least once a week in some
bank in Caroline County, all taxes received or collected by him up to
the date of such deposit, the portion due the State to his credit as
collector of State taxes and the portion due the county to his credit
as Treasurer of Caroline County; and he shall once a month from
and after the first day of October in each year, deliver to the County
Commissioners, to be forwarded to the State Treasurer, his check
for the amount of State taxes to his credit in bank, and the money
deposited to the Treasurer of Caroline County shall only be drawn
out upon his check in payment of debts and accounts due by said
county, duly approved and passed by said County Commissioners
and by them ordered to be paid [; and any taxpayer having a sum
of money levied to his or her use or a debt against the county, passed
by said County Commissioners, shall only be entitled to have the
same paid after he has paid the State and county taxes levied upon
his or her property and is not indebted in anywise therefor].

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law 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 of the mem-
bers elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 31, 1959.

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.