The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-04-29
PUBLIC LEGAL LAW.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
CHAPTER 2O4.

AN ACT to repeal sections 257, 25S, $50, 260,
2Gl and 262 of Artic e thirteen OF the Code OF
Public Local Laws Of the state of Maryland,
little Hartford { OunIy," subtitle Taxes"
saId section 254 having been amended and
re enacted by the Acts of 1894, chapter Al,
and in leu Of said sections to enact certain
new sections under the new subtitle
"raXes and County Treasurer" said new
sacti 1ns to be known as sections 80, 25S,
262 f, 49, +, 262 q, 262 II. 262 ~ J, ~ o. r.
264 L. 262 Nj. @G2 n 262 o, 262 p, 262 Q. 262 K,
2G3 :, 263 T. 252 V, 2G2 X, 262 Y and 1927.
Assembly OF Maryland, That sections 257. 25S,
25s, 2G1. 2jl and 80 of Article thirteen Of the
Code of Public Local Laws OF the state OF
MARYLAND, ii le "Harford County" sub title
s.Tax. S. "said section $50 having been amend
ID and re-enacted by the Acts of 1894, chap
ter III, be and the same are hereby repealed,
and in lien thereof the following new Sec
lions under the new subtitle Taxes and
Comfy Treasurer are enacted, to be known
sections "a 2S 3g 2S So 20 and 203 5e ana
2t2 II, 2G2 |, 90 j, 262 X, 262 L, 262 NJ, 262 \,
20 o, 30 =, 262 q, % h, 262 S, % T, 262 v,
262 X, 262 and 2t2 H.
TAXES AND COUNTY TREASURER.
2j7. The Governor of this State shall, on
or before the first day of May, in the year
eighteen hundrst and ninety-eight, appoint
a competent person, skilled III accounts, a
resident and qualified voter OF Harlord
County, and not less than twenty-five years
of sge, TO be Treasurer of said county, who
snail hold said office until The first day OF
AIaV. in the wear nineteen anu uh-
iii MS successor is elect and qualified or
appointed as hereinafter provided.
J5S At the general election to be held in
Hartford county on the Tuesday next after
in the year eighteen hundred and ninety
nine and on the same day in every second
year thereafter, the qualified voters OF SAID
county shall elect, by ballot, Treasurer OF
said county, who shall be person skilled In
accounts resident and qualified voter CT
~. d county, and not less than twenty-five
of np whose term of Office shall be
| Tor a period of two years from the first day
| of May next succeeding his election, and un,
| til his successor is elected or appointed ana
| qualified according to Jaw.
| 30 Before entering upon the discharge OIL
| the duties of said office, the Treasurer OF
| Hartford County shall lake and subscl lDe pc:
| fore the & ERIK of the Circuit Court for said
| county, the oath prescribe in section SIX
| OF Article one, of the Constitution OF this
| state and shall execute bond to the State
| of Maryland, in the penalty of TWENTY-FIVE
thou and dollars, with the condition pre-
| scribed in section thirty-two OF Article
| eighty-one of the Code of Public Genera
| Laws of this State, relating to the bonds o.
the collectors OF State taxes; ana also bono
to the State of Maryland in the penalty o.
| twenty-five thousand dollars, conditioned
| for the faithful performance of his duties as
| Treasurer of Hartford county. Said bonds
| shall be approved by the County Commits
| sioners OF said county, and new bonds sinai
| be given for each year that he snail holC
| office; provided, that sitter the first year o.
his incuu bency said bonds may be executed
1
| levy of taxes is placed in his hands for col
| lection. aud all such bonds shall be recorded
| in the Office of the Clerk OF the Circuit Cour
| for Hartford County. And the Commission
erS of said county are hereby authorized u
| approve as sureties upon said bonds, a guar
antee company Incorporated under the law
of this state, and in case a guarantee com
| pany is accepted and approved as such sure
| w, the County Commissioners snail lev.
| such sum as may be necessary 10 uelraS III
| expense thereof
$50 In case the person so appointed o
| elected shall fail to execute the bonds re
| quired by the preceding section on or oefor
| the day prescribed for his entering upon In
| duties OF his office, or before the annual lev.
| of taxes is placed in his hand for collection
| as the case may be, or in event OF the Treas
| urer's removal from the county, death, re
| signation or removal from office for mlscon
| duct therein, the County Commissioners
| shall declare said office vacant, and at one
| proceed to FIJI the same by the appointment
| OF suitable person, possessing the quallnca
| tions hereinbefUre prescribed, for the re
| mainder of the current term, who sinai
| within such time rs the Commissioners ma
| direct, qualify and bond as dlTecteu III III
| preceding section.
| 26I The Treasurer of Hartford County sha
! | be the collector of all state and county take
for said county, which may he levied by tn
| County Commissioners, and shall receive u
| monies which may he due said county troi
| any source whatever, and shall pay "a
| claims against said county, but he shall nC
I pay any cIaln against said county no ma
Ter by whom held without first deductln
\ from the amount of such claim all ana ever
sum or sums due or owing 10 said county 1t
taxes or otherwise by either the original
2 the then holder of such claim ana no al
signeo Of such claim shall avoid such dedu'
[ | tlOD, but shall always be regarded as charge
with notice of the county's right to MAJ
8 such deduction.
262. The County Commissioners sha