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account for all funds received under color of his office. The said
bond shall be recorded in the office of the court of which he is clerk
and thereafter filed with the State Comptroller. [Every such clerk
shall give a new bond in like manner on or before the first day of
December of the second year following his qualification in office.]

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 288 of Article
93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume),
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

288.

[Beginning with November 5, 1946, the register of wills in each
county, before he acts as such, shall give bond to the State of Mary-
land in the penal sum of fourteen thousand dollars, and the Register
of Wills of Baltimore City, before he acts as such, shall give bond
to the State of Maryland in the penal sum of thirty thousand dol-
lars;] Beginning with November 8, 1966, and on December 1 in
each year thereafter, the Register of Wills of each county and of
Baltimore City, before they act as such for the following year, shall
give bond to the State of Maryland in such penal sum as the State
Comptroller, with the advice of the State Auditor, shall annually
prescribe for each such Register of Wills; provided, however, that
the State Comptroller may at any time require the penal sum of
any such bond be supplemented or increased, [s] Said bonds shall
be given by each of said registers, respectively, with condition that
he faithfully perform the duties of his office and account for all
funds received under color of his office, which bond shall be taken
and security or securities approved by the judges of the orphans'
court of which he is register and recorded in the office of the clerk
of the circuit court for the county or Baltimore City, of which he is
register, and thereafter filed with the State Comptroller [; and every
register shall give a new bond in like manner on or before the first
day of December of the second year following his qualification in
office].

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved March 23, 1966.

CHAPTER 46
(Senate Bill 278)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County Commissioners of
Worcester County to issue and sell serial maturity coupon bonds
upon the faith and credit of the County in an amount not exceeding
Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) for the purpose of building
and equipping new school buildings in Worcester County; making
further provision for the possible expenditure of excess funds there-
from; authorizing the levy of taxes on the assessable property in
said County in an amount sufficient to provide funds for the pay-
ment of the principal and interest of said bonds as they mature and
become payable; providing for the expenditure of the proceeds
of the sale of the bonds upon the joint order of the County Com-