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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 twice a week in some bank or
banks or other banking institution in Dorchester County all taxes
received or collected by him up to the date of such deposit, the por-
tion due the State to his credit as collector of State taxes, and the
portion due the county to his credit as treasurer of Dorchester County,
and he shall once a month, from and after the fifteenth day of Sep-
tember in each year, forward to the State Treasurer his check for
the amount of State taxes to his credit in bank, and the money de-
posited to the credit of the treasurer of Dorchester County shall
only be drawn out upon his checks, which checks shall be counter-
signed by the clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, or such
persons as designated by the Board of County Commissioners, 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; except in the case of witness' fees, jurors' fees, criers' fees
or bailiffs' fees, such fees to be paid by the treasurer upon the order
of the circuit court for said county or upon the order of the clerk
of said court, and upon the order of a justice of the peace he may
pay the witness' fee which the State is bound to pay in criminal
cases. Any taxpayer having a sum of money levied to his or her
use or a debt against the county, passed by said County Commis-
sioners 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 thereof.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1,1970.

Approved April 1, 1970

CHAPTER 63
(House Bill 634)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 8-7 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Frederick County (1959 Edi-
tion, being Article 11 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land), title "Frederick County," subtitle "Finance and Taxation,"
subheading "In General," as last amended by Chapter 91 of the
Acts of 1969; to clarify the use which may be made of unused
monies in the emergency fund and to provide for the disposition
of any unexpended balance.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 8-7 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Frederick
County (1959 Edition, being Article 11 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Frederick County," subtitle "Finance and
Taxation," subheading "In General," as last amended by Chapter 91
of the Acts of 1969, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows: