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Session Laws, 1973
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1776                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 869

CHAPTER 869

(House Bill 1443)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 49 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County (1965 Edition, being Article 19 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "St. Mary's County," subtitle
"County Treasurer," to provide for the appointment of a designee to act in the
place of the County Treasurer.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 49 of the Code of Public Local Laws of St. Mary's
County (1965 Edition, being Article 19 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "St. Mary's County," subtitle "County Treasurer," be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

49.

He shall keep and pay over according to law, or upon the order of the County
Commissioners, the proceeds of all county taxes levied in said county and collected
by him, and shall also keep and pay over to the Treasurer of the State, according
to law, all State taxes in said county collected by him, and he shall keep a full,
particular and correct account of all moneys received by him and paid out, and of
all matters relating to the duties of his office, together with all vouchers relating
thereto, and he shall monthly present to the County Commissioners a true and
faithful exhibit of all moneys received and disbursed by him and all cash on hand
during the preceding month. The said report to the County Commissioners to be
made not later than the second Tuesday of the month in which they are required to
be made, and he shall deposit all the moneys collected by him in a national bank
or trust company, and shall pay out the same only upon orders from the County
Commissioners by checks upon such bank or trust company signed by said
Treasurer. The said moneys so deposited to be deposited in the name of the
Treasurer of said county as Treasurer, and under no consideration to be deposited
in his name alone. THE COUNTY TREASURER SHALL APPOINT A
DESIGNEE TO ACT IN HIS ABSENCE, IN THE EVENT OF SERIOUS
ILLNESS OR INABILITY CAUSED THEREBY, BY RESOLUTION TO BE
DULY RECORDED IN THE LAND RECORDS OF ST. MARY'S COUNTY.
IF THE DESIGNEE IS REQUIRED TO ACT IN THE TREASURER'S
PLACE HE SHALL HAVE THE POWERS AND BE BONDED IN THE
SAME MANNER AS A SUCCESSOR. In case of the death or resignation of
the County Treasurer, or if the office shall become vacant by any means during his
term of office, the Governor of the State shall, within twenty days thereafter,
appoint a County Treasurer for the unexpired term thus made vacant, he shall be
subject to all the obligations and clothed with all the powers herein provided for
County Treasurer and shall take charge of and collect any taxes that may be in the
hands of the late Treasurer uncollected and for which the late Treasurer is
responsible, and for such uncollected taxes shall give a separate bond under such
penalty as may be required by the County Commissioners. At the expiration of the
term of any Treasurer appointed or elected under this sub-title, he shall deliver up
the office to his successor and all papers and books relative thereto except the
books containing taxes uncollected by him and for which his bond is responsible,
and he shall be allowed twelve months after the expiration of his term of office to
make settlement and complete collection of all State and county taxes that may be
in his hands uncollected and to pay over to the parties entitled thereto the amount,
respectively, due them.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

 

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