4480

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 820

seventy-five thousand dollars, to be approved by the

Governor, with the condition that if the above bound .....

shall well and faithfully execute his office and shall
account with the Comptroller for and pay to the Treasurer of
the State the several sums of money which he shall receive
for the State, or be answerable for by law, at such times as
the law shall direct, then such obligation to be void,
otherwise to remain in full force and virtue in law; the
said collectors' bonds, when approved by the county
commissioners, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk
of the circuit court for the respective counties; when
approved by the proper authorities in the City of Baltimore
shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the
[Superior Court of] CIRCUIT COURT FOR Baltimore City and
when approved by the Governor shall be filed in the office
of the Comptroller of the treasury. The premiums on bonds
with corporate surety given under this section or § 52 shall
be paid by the county commissioners or the mayor and city
council of Baltimore, as the case may be, for the collection
of county taxes and by the State of Maryland for the
collection of State taxes. On and after January 1, 1944,
neither the collector of State taxes in the City of
Baltimore, nor his bond, shall be liable to the State of
Maryland for money not actually received by him because of
the dishonesty or negligence of his employee; provided,
however, that any such employee shall have first given a
bond to the State of Maryland in a penalty to be fixed by
said collector, with the approval of the State Comptroller,
the Treasurer of the State, and the Governor, with the

condition that if the above bound ..... shall well and

faithfully execute his position of office, and shall account
to the collector of State taxes in the City of Baltimore for
the several sums of money which he shall receive for said
collector, or be answerable for by law, at such times as
said collector may direct, then such obligation to be void,
otherwise to remain in full force and virtue in law. The
said bond of such employee of said collector, when approved
by said collector, shall be recorded in the office of the
clerk of the [Superior Court of] CIRCUIT COURT FOR Baltimore
City, and when approved by the Governor, the State
Comptroller, and the Treasurer of the State, shall be filed
in the office of the State Comptroller.

69A.

On application by petition in writing to the several
circuit courts or circuit judges [and the Superior Court of
Baltimore City] or any sheriff or collector of the county
and State taxes, or either of them, who has failed or
neglected to collect any taxes or fees within the time
prescribed by law, the court or judge may, on such terms as
they may prescribe, by an order, extend the time of such
sheriff or collector to complete the collections, which
extension may be limited in the discretion of the court or
judge, and may be renewed as may be deemed reasonable, and