The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-05-05
JAMES IL. PRESTON,
Speaker Of the House of Delegates.
Chapter 20.

70 repeal SectiOrS one hundred and ninetes H.
one hundred and twenty-five, and one huGdred
ana twenty three % Article eight OF the Code OF
Public Loca! Laws, title Cecil unity" sub
title County Treasurer and to re-enact the
same with amendments proyiiins, tor the elect
lou OF 4 Treasure: of said county iu the year
eighteen hundred and Einety-tive. and his
appointment III the meaHtine.
SECTION l. Be Il enacted by the GcacrdE IsSem-
bly, Of uaryiGad, That Sections one hundred and
nineteen. one hundred and twenty-.wo and one
hundred and twenty-three OF Article eight of the
Code OF Public Local Laws, title Cecil county,
subtitle County Treasurer be and the same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend
:neuts. Us to read as follows:
Section l19. The legal and qualified voters of
Cecil county shall at the general State election
to be held in the year eighteen hundred and
ninctylive, and every two years thereafter, elect
some person, resident OF said county, to be
Treasurer OF Cecil county, whose duty it shall be
to collect and disbu!se upon the lawful orders of
the County Commissioners OF Cecil county all
taxes levied in Cecil county and who shall assess
all new or hi. sed property in said county, and
iOr this purpose he is clothed with all the powers
possessed by collectors OF taxes under the provs-
ions OF the Code OF Public General Laws and that
until such election can be held under the prUvis-
ions of this Section, John Banks, Esquire, of
Chesapeake City. in said county, be and he Is
hereby appointed, authorized and empowered to
act rs such Treasurer, and to exercise all the
powers and perform all the duties imposed by
this Section and the laws of this State and shall
hold said tltce Tor period OF two years from the
first Monday in the month of May, in the year
eighteen hundred and ninety TOUR, until his
the persons elected TO said office under the pro-
visions OF this Section shall hold said office for
two years from the first Monday in May succeed
ing their election, and the said JOHN Blnks and
his in sald office OF Treasurer OF Cecil
county, shall, within five days alter his or their
qualic ItiOn as Treasurer, appoint soma person,
Il resident OF aid county. To be Assistant Treas
urer, who shall be authorized to act in his lace,
and Tor whose acts he shall BE- responsible, and
who shall give such bond to said Treasurer con-
dtioued ior the faithful performance OF his duty
as said Treasurer may require, aud which said
Assistant Treasurer shall receive an annual SAL
ary oftourtcen hundred dollars, to be paid by the
County Commissioners OF Cecil county. The said
Treasurer ap yointed by this act and his success
in office shall act Secretary TO the County
Commissioners OF Cecil county and such shall
the Clerk to said Commissioners, or which may
hereafter by law be imposed upon clerks to County
Commissioners, which last mentioned Office is
hereby abolished, and shall have charge OF all
records books, sc, of the County Commissioner
Office OF said county, and said Treasurer shall
occupy for the purpose OF his said duties the office
OF the County Commissioners of said county; and
the said Treasurer appointed by this Section
shall receive an annual salary OF sixteen
hundred dollars to be pad by the County
Commissioners OF said county, and in the
OF their failure to pay said salary of
SAID Treasurer, or said Assistant Treasurer, the
said Treasurer may pay the same from any
money in his hands belonging TO said county.
and the said Treasurer shall receive twenty-five
cents for each assessment OF property made by
him. and ten cents for each dog or bitch returned
by him to the said Commissioners, and ordered
by them to entered on the books OF their Office
and the said Treasurer hereby appointed and hi
successors in Office shall execute TO the State of
Maryland two bonds. one OF fifteen thousand
dollars, conditioned Tor the proper collection and
payment TO the State Treasurer of all State taxes
placed in his hands and this faithful performance
of other duties devolving upon him, and another
OF thirty thousand dollars, conditioned Tor the
proper collection and disbursement OF all
moneys coming into his hands Tor the county and
the faithful performance Of other duties devolv-
ing upon him; saiI bonds to be approved the
bonds OF the SheTits OF the respective counties of
this : tate are approved and recorded in the
ofice OF the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Cecil
county; and said Treasurer before he shall enter
upon the duties OF his said office, shall take and
subscribe before said Clerk the oath prescribed
by Section OF Article OF the Constitution of this
State.
Section IT, Should the person named and
appointed Treasurer OF Cecil county by Section
ll9 OF this Article fail to qualify, should said
office for any ether become vacant, the
Governo: of this State shall appoint :. Treasurer
Tor the remainder OF the current term.
Section 123. The County Commissioners OF
Cecil co unity shall at the time of making their
annual levy, levy Il sufficient sum by estimate to
cover the discount to taxpayers and the compen-
sation said Treasurer and said Assistant Treas
urcT.
Section =. And be it enacted that this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage and that
all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed.
Approved February 2lst, 1891.
FRANK BROWN,
| JOHN WALTER SMITH, Governor,
President of the Senate.
JAMES II. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House OF Delegates.
! Office of ihc Secretary Of the Senate.
l hereby certify that the atoresoing is Il true
copy of an Act OF the General Assembly of Mary
land, passed at the January Session, 1921
]. ROGER McSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate.