Montgomery County sentinel., 1886-01-29
The County Treasurer Bill.

introduced by Mr.. Laird in the Houseio O
Delegates providing for the election of
Treasurer for this county;
Section provides for the repeal of Sec
tions 81, % and 30 of the Local Code, anC
the Act of 1878, chapter 303
Section 2 provides that at the next elec
tion of County Commissioners "TreasureI
of Montgomery county" shall be elected to
serve for two years, and until his successor
is elected and qualified, and be re-eligble.
Section 3 prescribes the duties of the
Treasurer as follows:
"1st. He shall be ec 0bicto Clerk to the
Board of County Commissioners, and per-
form all the duties now by law required to
be performed by said clerk, or which the
said Board of County Commissioners may
require him to perform.
"2nd. He shall have charge of all rec.
ords, books, &c, belonging to the office OF
the County Commissioners of Montgomery
county, and shall not allow any of them to
be removed or taken from said office except
in obedience to summons or order Of a
court of law or equity of this State, and
shall deliver the same to his successor.
"3d. He shall receive and disburse all
moneys levied and collected for county pur.
poses, according to the order of the County
Commissioners of said county.
"4th. He shall pay over to the Comptrol-
Ter of the Treasury of Maryland all monies
levied and collected for said State in said
county, as directed by clause 8 of this sec
tion.
9th. He shall keep a separate account of
both State and county levies with each Col
lector of Taxes, and shall make out and
keep duplicate of each and every receipt
given by him for all public monies received
by him, and shall designate in such receipt
how much of the public dues SO received is
Ia county orders and how much in cash
9th. He shall annually, immediatelv after
each annual-lexy OF taxes ,aske.-gfisr sr,.iiisss ~
books to be kept for that purpose alone, aud
properly ruled in columns, All alphabe,ica
list of all the tax payers in each collection
district Of said county, (makng a separate
book for each district,) together with the
amount of real aud personal property with
which such tax payers are assessed, and also
the amount OF State and county taxes due
from each taxpayer; and in his monthly
settlements, as hereafter provided for, with
the Collectors OF Taxes, shall note in the
appropriate columns what taxpayers have
paid their taxes and what discounts have
been allowed or what interest has been col.
lected, as the case may be.
nth. He shall make to the County Com
missioners Of Montgomery county quarter
ly statements of all monies received and
disbursed by him for county purposes, and
shall cause said statements to be published
in such newspaper or newspapers published
in said county as tho County Commission
ers may direct.
18th He shall make monthly returns to
the Comptroller of the Treasury of Mary
land of all monies received by him from the
several Collectors Of Taxes for the use of
the State OF Maryland.
"9th. In addition to the books provided
Tor in the 9TH and 9th clauses of this section,
he shall keep in book, to be kept for that
purpose alone, an accurate general account
OF all receipts and disbursements for county
purposes, showing on what account each
expenditure of the county funds is made.
10th. He shall keep open the Office of
the County Commissioners from 9 o'clock
A. NJ, until 3 o'clock p NJ, each and every
day, Sundays and legal holidays excepted
"And the Treasurer OF Montgomery coun.
ty shall receive as compensation for the ser
vices required and prescribed by this Act
the sun Of twelve hundred dollars per an.
mum, the same 10 be levied to his use by
the County Commissioners of Montgomery
county.
Section provides for "A bond in such pen
atty as the County Commissioners may pre-
scribe, not less than $25,000.
Section 3 provides that the several Collec
tors shall, ON or before the - day Of each
month, pay over to the Treasurer all State
and county taxes collected by him up TO
that date, less commissions and discounts
on the amount so paid over "And the said
Collectors shall collect and pay over To the
Treasurer all the taxes levied in any year,
at the times and in the manner prescribed
by the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland, Article 81, title Revenue and
Taxes, and shall also pay over to said Treas
urer all sums levied for the support OF the
public schools OF Montgomery county as
they are now by law required to pay the
same TO the Treasurer Of the County School
Commissioners, and the Treasurer Of Mont
gomery county shall account to the rreasu.
rer OF the County School Commissioners
for the same"
Section 6 provides that the taxes levied
for jurors and State witnesses, now paid
over TO the Collector of the 4th district, shall
bc paid 10 the Treasurer, who shall disburse
the same as the Collector Of the 4th district
is now required 10 do
"Section Z. And be IL enacted, That if
any Collector Of Taxes Of Montgomery
county shall fail To pay over To the Treasu.
rer Of Montgomery county the taxes placed
in his hands for the use Of the State of Ma.
ryland or Montgomery county, in the man
ner prescribed by the Code Of Public Gen.
eral Laws OF Maryland, in such case made
and provided, the said Treasurer shall, with
in thirty days from the date when such final
settlement should have been made accord
ing 10 law, transmit 10 the States Attorney
OF Montgomery county Il statement of the
account Of such Collector, showing the bal
ance due for State and county taxes in the
hands Of such Collector, and the said States 8
Attorney shall, at the next ensuing Term
of the Circuit Court for Montgomery coun.
ty, In the name of the State of Maryland,
or in the name of the State of Maryland for
the use Of the County Commissioners Of
Montgomery county, as the case may be,
enter suit upon the bond Of such Collector,
and obtain Judgment for such balance and
collect the same at the earliest practicable
date"
Section : provides that in case of a va
cancy in the Office Of Treasurer, the County
Commissioners shall flll the same until the
next election for County Commissioners