732                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 518

CHAPTER 518
(House Bill 455)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 92 (d)
and 92 (e) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany County
(1955 Edition, being Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland), title "Allegany County", sub-title "County Tax
Collectors", as enacted by Laws of Maryland 1957, Chapter 833,
authorizing the County Commissioners of Allegany County, in their
discretion, to obtain a blanket bond for the clerical assistants of
the Allegany County Tax Collection Office conditioned upon their
faithful execution of their duties AND CLARIFYING CERTAIN
LANGUAGE THEREIN.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 92 (d) and 92 (e) of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Allegany County (1955 Edition, being Article 1 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland), title "Allegany County", sub-title "County
Tax Collectors", as enacted by Laws of Maryland 1957, Chapter 833,
be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

92.

(d)  The premium on Tax Collector's bonds given with corporate
surety shall be paid by the County Commissioners for the collection
of County taxes, and by the State of Maryland for the collection of
State taxes. The said bonds shall be executed, approved and recorded
in accordance with the provisions of Sections [51 and] 52 and 53
of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland ( [1951] 1957
Edition).

(e)  For the purpose of facilitating the collection of County and
State taxes in Allegany County, the County Commissioners of Alle-
gany County, on or before the 1st Tuesday in April of 1959, shall
establish for the use of the Tax Collector, a central tax collection
office to be located in the Court House Building, Cumberland, which
said office shall be equipped and maintained at the expense of the
County Commissioners of Allegany County. The County Commission-
ers shall be responsible for all of the expenses of said tax office, in-
cluding the printing and mailing of bills, and the purchase or rental
of equipment, and the said Tax Collector shall not be required to bear
any expense incident to the operation of said office. The County
Commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint
such clerical personnel for said central tax office as may in their
discretion seem necessary, and to provide for the payment of the
salaries of said additional employees.

Any clerical assistants appointed in the Tax Collection Office shall
be under the supervision and direction of the Tax Collector, and shall
furnish such bond as may be required by the County Commissioners,
and in the absence of the Tax Collector shall perform all of the duties

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.