Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1898-02-18
COUNTY TREASURER BILL.

Section l. Be it enacted by the Genera
Assembly of Maryland, That the Governor
OF this State SHALL on or before the first day
OF May, in the year eighteen hundred auC
ninety-eight, appoint competent person
skilled ia accounts, resident and qualified
voter of Montgomery county, and not less
than twenty-five years of age, to be treasurer
OF said county, who shall hold said office un'
Ill the first day of May, in the year nineteen
hundred, and until his successor is elected
and qualified as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That at the gen.
eral election to be held in Montgomery coun-
ty on the Tuesday next after the first Monday,
in the month of November, in the year eight
cen hun bred and ninety nine, and on the
same day every fourth year thereafter, the
qualified voters of said county shall elect by
ballot, treasurer of said county, who shall
be person skilled in accounts, a resident
and qualified voter Of said county, and not
less than twenty-five years Of age, whose
term of Office shall be for the period of four
years from the first day of May next succeed
ing his election, and until his successor is
elected and qualified according to law.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That before en-
teriug upon the discharge of the duties of said
Office, the Treasurer of Montgomery county
shall take and subscribe before the Clerk OF
the Circuit Court for said county, the oath
prescribed in section six of article one, of the
Cons ttution of this State, aud shall execute
a bond 10 the State of Maryland, in the PEN
atty of forty thousand dollars with the con-
dition prescribed in section thirty-two OF Ar
ticle eighty-one, of the Code of Public Gen.
eral Laws of this State, relating to the bonds
Of collectors of States taxes and also bond
to the State OF Maryland in the penalty OF
forty thousand dollars, conditioned for the
faithful performance of his duties as treasurer
of Montgomery county. Said bonds shall be
approved by the County Commissioners OF
said county, and new bonds shall be given
for each year that he shall hold office, pro-
vided that after the first year OF his incum-
bency said bonds may be executed and delv-
cred at any time before the annual levy of
taxes is placed IN his hands for collection,
and all such bonds shall be recorded in the
Office Of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Montgomery county. And the commission
ers of said county are hereby authorized to
approve as sureties upon said bonds, guar
antee company incorporated under the laws
Of this State, and in case "A guarantee compa-
ny is accepted and approved as such surety,
the County Commissioners shall levy such
sum as may be necessary to defray the expense
thereof.
Sec. A. And be it enacted, That 10 case the
person so appointed or elected shall fail to ex-
ecute the bonds required by the preceding
section, on or before the day prescribed for
| his entering upon the duties OF his Office, or
before the annual levy of taxes is placed in
his hands for collection, as the case may be-
or in the event Of the treasurers removal
from the county, death, resignation or re-
moval from Office for misconduct therein, the
| County Commissioners shall declare said
Office vacant, and at once proceed to ill the
same by the appointment Of a suitable per-
son, possessing the qualifications hereinbefOre
prescribed, for the remainder of the current
term, who shall within such time as the
commissioners may direct, qualify and bond
as directed in the preceding section.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted That the Treas
urer of Montgomery county shall be the col
lector of all State and county taxes for said
county, which may be levied by the County
| Commissioners, and shall receive all monies
which may be due said county from any
source whatever, and shall pay all claims
against said county
Sec. 6. Aud be it enacted That the Coun-
ty Commissioners shall transfer to the treas
urer all tax records containing the lists OF
taxpayers of said county, and the property
with which they are respectively assessed,
and the lists OF alterations transmitted an
nually to the Commissioners by the Clerk of
the Circuit Court shall be also transferred to
said treasurer, whose duty it shall be to make
| the proper entries therefrOm on said tax rec
| Ords in accordance with the order of the
| County Commissioners, provided, that the
alterations for the year eighteen hundred and
ninety EIGHT shall be entered up by the Clerk
| of the County Commissioners, so that the
treasurer first appointed under the provisions
of this Act may proceed at once to the collec-
ton of the taxes levied in said year And it
shall be the duty Of the treasurer, as soon as
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OF said county by election districts, having a
separate book for each district, provided that
the taxes levied in the year eighteen hundred
and ninetY-eight may be collected and the
notices hereinafter directed to be given 10 re-
| lation thereto, may be in accordance with the
collection districts Of said county as they
now exist by law.
Sec. 7. And be il enacted, That it shall be
the duty Of the Treasurer, rs soon as the an
nual levy is made and placed in his hands, to
give notice thereof by advertisement in two
newspapers published in said county, which
| notice shall state the time from which taxes
bear interest, and shall warn all taxpayers of
their liability to be published as elinquent
taxpayers and to have their property sold un-
less the xes with which they are charged
are paid on or before the first day of Janua-
| ~ next ensuing. He shall also Immediately
after the receipt of the levy as Aforesaid make
out the bill Of each taxpayer, to which
similar notice shall be annexed, and upon APP
plcation, shall forward the bill by mail or
otherwise to the person, or his agent, to
whom taxes have been assessed.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That is shall be
the duty of the treasurer to attend ia person
| or by deputy in each election district, at least
one day between the date of the levy OF taxes
and the first day OF September in each year,
| a bat. tI,.E r,t Il.
September and the thriy-frst day of Deem
Der, 10 each year. 10 collect and receive taxes,
and the time and place Of such visits shall be
made known not less than ten days 10 ad-
vance, by handbills conspicuously posted in
such districts and by advertisement 10 two
newspapers published in said county.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That immedi-
ately after the first day Of January, in each
and every year the treasurer shall make up a
| list OF all taxes due and in arrear which list
shall contain the name or names of the per-
son or persons or body corporate assessed
with property upon which taxes are due and
Ia arrear, a brief description Of the property,
the district Of its location, and such refer
ences TO cOnVeyanc as will render the same
easy OF identification, and the amount of the
tar levied and in arrear with the interest and
costs and expenses accrued, and to accrue
thereon 20 the day Of sale, to which list shall
be appended a notice., that # the said tax or
taxes are not paid on or before the second
Monday in March next ensuing, together with
interes. accrued thereon, aud proportional
cost Of advertising and fees, the treasurer
will proceed at ten o'clock, A. NJ, on that
day, at the Court House 10 said county, 10
offer each and every Of said parcels of land
and premises for sale to the highest bidder
for cash, which said list and notice shall be
/ obi bad In M .aran MI
in said county for four successive weeks prior
10 the FIRST Monday IN March. Aud on said
second Monday ia March, the said treasurer
shall proceed to sell any aud all such pieces
or parcels Of land and premises or personal
property, beginning with the first parcel on
said list, and so in order, upon which said
taxes 10 terest, cost and fees shall not then
have been paid, and shall continue such sale
each secular day, legal holidays excepted,
from ten O'Clock, A. NJ, until three clock
P. NJ, until every parcel shall have been
offered