Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1892-05-06
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.
JANUARY SESSION, 1892.
CHAPTER Ais

'COunIy COMMISSIONERS, duu STU
tions one hundred and twenty-four,
one hundred and twenty five and one
hundred and twenty-Six of said Arti-
Gle sixteen, subtitle Jurors, States
Witnesses, Crier and Bailiffs," and
sections two hundred and eighteen
and two hundred and nineteen OF said
Article sixteen, subtitle Taxes,
and to re-enact the same with amend
ments, and to add new section to
said Article sixteen, to be numbered
two hundred and twenty.
Section /. Be it enacted by the Gener-
al Assembly of Maryland, That sections
sixty-one and sixty -four of Article six
teen of the Code of Public Local Laws
title Montgomery County," subtitle
County Commissioners and sections
one hundred and twenty four, one hun
dred and twenty-five and one hundred
and twenty-six Of said Article sixteen,
subtitle Jurors, States Witnesses,
Crier and Bailiffs," ana sections two
hundred aud eighteen and two hundred
and nineteen of said Article sixt zen, sub
title Taxes be. and the same are
hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to
read as follows
81. There shall be five County Com
mission for Montgomery county ,one
of whom shall be resident of each of
the five collection districts of said coun-
ty as the same are now established, and
whose terms of service shall be rs fol-
lows:
AT the general election to be held on
the Tuesday next after the first Monday
in November. in the ear eighteen hun
bred and ninetythree, the qualified voters
of Montgomery county shall elect five
County Commissioners, and the returns
thereof shall be transmitted to the Gov
ernor as provided III the general election
laws of this State, and when the Cover
nor shall have ascertained the names of
the five persons who shall have been
elected at said election, he shall write
the names of said persons on slips of
paper and draw therefrom by lot. the
names Of two persons whose terms of
service shall be two years from the date
of their election and until their success
s0rs shall be elected and qualified, and
the remaining three persons so elected
shall serve for the term of four years
and until their successors shall be elect
ed and qualified, and thereafter, as
their respective terms expire, the Coun-
ty Commissioners shall be elected for
wv WI hlb vi iOht anu NIt
nor shall state in the commissions to be
Issued to said County Commissioners
elected at the said election to be held on
in Novembtr, in the year eighteen hun
dred and ninety-three, the term for
which the said commissioners shall re-
spectively serve. If of the five persons
having the highest number of votes two
or more shall be residents of the same
collection district, the person In said
district having the highest number of
votes shall be declared elected, and the
persons in the respective districts hav-
ing the highest number of votes shall
constitute the board of County Com
"a. The Clerk to said County Commits
siOners shall receive such compensation
and such allowances for office expenses
as SAID County Commissioners shall
from time TO time determine, and his
duties shall be as follows:
A. He shall perform all the duties
now by law required to be performed by
said clerk, or which may be required of
him by any future law, or by any order
of the County Commissioners.
b He shall have charge of all records,
books, and so forth, belonging to the Of
fee OF the County Commissioners, and
shall not allow any of them to be re-
moved or taken from said office, except
in obedience TO summons OF order of "a
Court Of Law or Equity of this State,
and shall deliver the same to his success
sor.
q. lie shall receive and deliver, either
in person or through the collectors of
taxes, all money levied and collected for
county purposes, according to the order
of the County Commissioners Of said
county.
ID. lie shall monthly, Immediately
after his monthly settlements with the
several collectors of taxes of said couns
ty, as provided for in section 2l9 Of this
Article, pay over to the Comptroller of
the Treasury Of Maryland, all money
levied and collected for said State in
said county.
Il. He shall keep separate account OF
both State and county levies with each
collector of taxes in said county, and
shall make out and preserve duplicate
OF each and every receipt given by him
for all public money received by him,
and shall state ia said receipts what
amount Of the public dues is received in
cash and what amount in county orders |;
and the sums received by him on ac-
count Of the county levy shall be dis
bursed exclusively for county purposes,
and any person for whose use levy is
made shall be entitled to receive the
same In full on the first day of January
next sue ceedng the date OF such levy;
provided, however, that he may. previ-
Gus TO that time, procure from the Coun-
ty Commissioners an order stating the
amount OF such levy, and directing the
collector of taxes for his collection dis
trict TO receive said order, or so much
thereof as may be necessary for that
purpose, In payment Of his taxes; and
the several collectors Of taxes for said
county are hereby authorized to accept
such orders in payment OF taxes due,
and to use such orders as cash in their
monthly settlements with the clerk TO
the County Commissioners as hcreinaf-
ter provided for.
f. He shall annually, Immediately af-
ter each annual levy of taxes in said
county, make out la books 10 be kept for
that purpose alone an alphabetical list of
all the taxpayers in each collection dis
trict OF said county, (haying separate
book for each district, together with
the amount of real and personal proper
W With which each taxpayer Is assessed =,
and also the amount of State and coun-
ty taxes due from each taxpayer; and
whenever the collectors of taxes make
their monthly settlements, rs hereinaf-
ter provided for, the clerk to the County
Commissioners shall note in the proper
place what taxpayers have paid their
taxes and what amount of interest, If
any, has been collected from each Of said
taxpayers.
@. He shall at the end of each fiscal
year, make out and publish in one or
more newspapers published in said coun.
ty a statement showing the amount OF
money levied by the County Commits =.
sioners, and the purposes for which such
levies are made; and also a full and de-
tailed statement Of the several amounts
Of money received by him and the
sources from which the same were re-
ceiyed, and each and every disburse-
ment made by him, the person to whom,
and the purpose for which, each pay.
ment was made, and the balance on
hand. The expense Of publishing such
statement shall be paid by the County