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

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the Auditor ,whe shall be the Chief Clerk to the
! County Commissioners, and 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 IL enacted, That on the first Tues
day of each month he shall report to the Com
missoners 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 Commissioners once in Lwa news
papers issued at the county seat.
Sec. Is. BE ID 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 a single page OF the ledger, which shall
thus show the amount of money received by
the county from all sources, and the entire
amount expended FOR all purposes during the
year, and Correct transcript Of the aforesaid
account, attested by his signature, shall at the
close of each year be furnished the County
Com missioners.
SEC. 10. BE u 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. 20. Be it 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 tor that purpose each day of the, year
Sundays and 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. NJ. un
til five o'clock P. M. for the remainder of the
year.
SEC. 81. BE 1t enacted, That the persons COW
holding appointments as tax collectors in said
county shall proceed to collect the taxes, ac-
counts OF which are now ia their bands for
collection, and when collected to PAY them over
to the Treasurer or 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 and seventy-seven
on which last mentioned day they shall make
til cir final payments and deliver to the Treas
uISE VI hcttiFcE any dCCOuhtS LOT taxes re
naming uncollected, whose duty it shall be
thereafter to collect the taxes so remaining4ln-
paid in the manner herein before provided, and
upon such payment of all taxes collected by
and delivery o. all the accounts remaining ua-
collected in the hands of said collectors their
bonds shall be surrendered to them. But if
any of said collectors SHALL fail neg Get or re-
fuse to pay OYER all the money collected by him
for taxes, or 10 deliver all such accounts fer
as directed by the preceding part of this sec
ton, said Treasurer Sr Receiver OF taxes shall
cause the bond OF such defaulting collector to
be Immediately put in suit for the recovery of
the money SO collected and not paid over. And
such accounts for taxes as shall be delivered
to said Treasurer aforesaid, and shall re-
main unpaid on the first day of April eighteen
hundred and seven&- seven. shall by the said
Treasurer or Receiver, be placed in the hands
of the Sheriff to be collected as is provided for
other taxes in this act.
SEC. %. dad be 1t enacted. That the bonds
of said collector shall remain in full force and
effect until the dir ctiens contained in the
preceding section SHALL have been fully com
piled with.
SEC. %. And be it enacted, That in case the
Treasurer of Baltimore county, elected on the
second of November, eighteen hundred and
seventy-fve, 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,
who shall hold office until the next general
election and three weeks thereafter. The Re-
ceiver appointed shall qualify in the same
manner as the Treasurer is required by this
act and it shall be his duty to collect all taxes
due the county in the manner hereinbefore
prescribed, paying the amOuntso 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 it further enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the date of its passage,
aud all acts or part OF acts Inconsistent there
with are hereby repealed, and that the repeal
of the acts herenbefore 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
ecuted and proceeded with to final determine
ton and Judgment or final order and all other
proceedings shall be bad in such suits, actions
or proceedings as if the acts repealed by this act
had not been repealed.
Approved 9th March, 1876. (-@
JOHN LEE CARROLL, SEAL.
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.
MARYLAND SGT:
l. James S. Franklin, Clerk OF the Court of
Appeals of Maryland, do hereby certify that
the aforegoing is a full and true copy of the Act
of the General Assembly OF Maryland of which
it purports to be a copy as taken from the orig
inal law deposited in and belonging to the OF
fee OF the Court of Appeals Of Maryland.
In testimony whereof l hereunto -
set nv hand as Clerk and aflix the SEAL.
seal of the said Court Of Appeals this ~
10th day of April, 1876,
JAMES S. FRANKLIN, Clerk.
PLEASANT HUNTER,
ROBERT S. C0RSE,
ISAAC CROWTHER, SR.,
County Commissioners for BALTIC Couoty.
April l5.-St.