The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-04-22

county Com mlSSlonerS, ana all checkS so drawn
shall bear the same number and be for the
same amount as the order on which they are
based, and each order on him shall state fer
what purpose it is given and shall embrace but
one class of expenditures.
SEC. II. BE 1t enacted, That on the first Tues
day of each month he shall report to the Com
missioners the amount Of money received and
the amount expended during The month just
past, together with the balance then remaining
in bank, which statement shall be published
| by the County Com missioners once in iva news
! papers issued at the county seat.
| SEC. Is. BE IL enacted, That all money re-
| ceived by the Treasurer shall be entered IN his
| ledger under appropriate headings, which
| shall indicate the source whence derived, and
all money disbursed shall be entered under
such heading as will indicate the purpose to
| which it was applied and at the close Of each
year the ledger shall be balanced by the trans
fer of the aggregate amount under each head
ing to q single page OF the ledger, which shall
thus shew the amount of money received by
the county from all sources, and the entire
amount expended for all purposes during the
year, and a correct transcript Of the aforesaid
account, attested by his signature, shall at the
close of each year DO furnished the County
Commissioners.
SEC. 10. Be II enacted, That all documents,
books and papers belonging to his Office are
hereby declared to be the property and records
of Baltimore county, and at all times shall be
subject to the examination of the Grand Jury
and Commissioners or Of any taxpayer of said
county, and it shall be the duty of the Grand
Jury at each session to appoint from their own
body committee to examine the books and
accounts of the said Treasurer and to report to
the Circuit Court the result of such examina-
ton.
Sec. 90 Be IL enacted, That the County
Commissioners. shall appoint and furnish the
Treasurer an Office in the Court House for the
transaction of business, and the said Office shall
be open for that purpose each day of the, year
Sundays aud legal holidays excepted, from
nine o'clock "A. NJ. until three o'clock P. NJ.
from the first day of November until the first
day of April, and from nine o'clock A. M. un-
til i've o'clock P. NJ. for the remainder of the
year.
SEC. 81. BE 1t enacted, That the persons new
holding appointments as tax collectors in said
county shall proceed 20 collect the taxes, ac-
counts OF which are now ia their hands for
collection, aud when col iected to pay them over
to the Treasurer, % the Receiver of taxes as
the case may be, on the first Tuesday Of each
month until the first Tuesday in January in
the year eighteen hundred aud seventy-seven.
on which last mentioned day they shall make
their final pa ymenis and deliver to the Treas
urer or Receiver any accouats for taxes re
manning uncUlIected, whose duty it shall be
thereafter 10 collect the taxes so remaining IN
paid in the manner hereinbefore provided, and
upon such payment of all taxes collected by,
and delivery O. all the accounts re naming un
collected in the hands Of said collectors their
bonds shall be surrendered to them. But if
any of said collectors lall lail neg Get or re-
fuse to paw over all the money csllected by him
for taxes, or TO deliver all such accounts fer
| taxes as may remain in his hands unsolicited
as directed by The preceding part OF this sec
ton, said Treasurer or Receiver oil taxes shall
cause the bond Of such defaulting collector to
be Immediately put in suit fer the recovery Of
the money so collected and not paid over. And
such accounts for taxes as shall be delivered
to said Treasurer as aforesaid and shall re-
main unpaid on the first day Of April eighteen
hundred and seventy seven, shall by the said
Treasurer or Receiver, be placed i'll the hands
of the Sheriff to be collected as is provided for
other taxes 10 this act.
! SEC. 90. And be Il enacted, That the DO
q % TaiIIai m Idil oFce M
encet untIi the directions coRtained in the
preceding section shall have been fully com
piled with.
SEC. 70. And be 1t enacted, That in case the
treasurer OF Baltimore county, elected on the
second OF November, eighteen hundred and
seventy-hve, shall fail to qualify under this act
within thirty days after its passage, the County
commissioners, or majority of them, shall
proceed to appoint Receiver of county taxes,
VINO snail hold office until the next general
election and three weeks thereafter The Re-
eelver so appointed shall qualify in the same
manner as the Treasurer is required by this
act, and 1t shall be his duty to collect ali taxes
due the county in the manner hereinbefore
prescribed, paying the ameuntse collected each
week To the Treasurer who shall then proceed
IN the manner prescribed. The person so ap
pointed as receiver OF taxes shall be entitled
10 compensation at the rate of fifteen hundred
dollars per annum and shall be authorized TO
appoint the same clerical force as the Treasurer
would have been entitled to under this act.
SEC. "A. And be ii further enacted, That this |
act shall take effect from the date of its passage
ana all acts or part of acts inconsistent there
with are hereby repealed, and that the repeal |
OF the acts hereinbelere mentioned. or of any |
portion thereof shall not affect or impair any |
SUIT or penalty whatsoever now existing, but /
all SUCH suits and actions and all proceedings |
under the acts hereby repealed, shall be pros
eeuted and proceeded with to final determine
ion and judgment or final order aud all other
proceedings shall be had in such suits, actions
n proceedings as if the acts repealed by this act
lad not been repealed.
Approved 9th March, 1875.
JOHN LEE CARROLL, SEAL.
Gsverner. ~
LEWIS C. SMITH,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
DANIEL FIELDS,
President of the Senate.
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk Of the House of Delegates.
AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,
Secretary of the Senate.
fARYLAND SGT:
l, James S. Franklin, Clerk Of the Court of
appeals of Maryland, do hereby certify that
ne atoregoing is full and true copy of the Act
the General Assembly Of Maryland of which
purperts to be copy as taken from the orig
lal law deposited in and belonging to the Of
ce OF the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
In testimony whereof l hereunto ~O
It my hand as Clerk and affix the SEAL.
,ai OF the said Court of Appeals this ~
9TH day Of April, 1876 {
JAMES S. FRANKLIN, Clerk.
PLEASANT HUNTER,
ROBERT S. CORSE,
ISAAC CROWTHER. SR..
County Commissioners for BALTIC. County.
April l5.--3t.