The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-25

and also a bond to the state of Maryland in
| The penalty of twenty-five thousand dollars
(2j,00).O0), conditioned for the faithful per
| Torrance of his duties as treasurer of Har.
| ford county, said bonds shall be approved
by the County Commissioners and new
| bonds shall be given for each year of the
| term; the bonds for the second, third and
| fourth years, to be executed, delivered and
| approved before the levy of the taxes for
the year is placed in his hands for collec
| tion and all such bonds shall be. as soon as
approved, recorded in the office of the Clerk
Of the Circuit Court of Hartford county.
26l. The Treasurer Gf Hartford county snail
be the collector of all State and County taxes
for said county, however levied, and shall
| receive all moneys which may be due said
county from any source whatever. and snail
pay all claims against said county when
| certified to him by the County Commission
| crs, but he shall not pay any claim against
said county without deducting from the
amount thereof all and every sum or sums
due or owing 20 said county for taxes or 9TH
erwise by the holder of said claim. and no
| assignment of such claim to advoid such de-
duction shall be valid.
DE- The County commissioners shall
close the annual levy and complete the same
| on or before the last day of April in each
263 A. The County Commissioners shall
within five days after making the annual
! levy certify to the treasurer the names the
| taxpayers OF the county arranged accord
| ing to election districts and the amount of
properly with which each is assessed, set
| ting f0rth plainly the various forms of
| property upon which by law different rates
| are to be charged the percentage for both
state and county taxes for the year. and the
| aggregate OF the state and county taxes
| levied i'll each election district and S7ali
| also certify to the treasurer all the items OF
| the several amounts levied and the specific
| purpose for which each is levied, ard tie
| treasurer thall thereupon open upon his
| books proper accounts crediting each item
so levied under its proper head, and as pay
| ments are made charging the amounts so
paid to the several accounts. ard ne shall
rNlO no no N IA "a an
several amounts with which they are as
sessed upon his books and snail be prepared
| to furnish bills ana receive taxes on or be-
| fore the 1St day of June i'll each year.
262 b. County taxes shall be due as soon
| as they are levied. and shall bear interest from
the first day of the next September at the rates
| of six per cent. and on all county taxes paid
| before September first discount of one-half
per centum per month shall be allowed
262 c. The Treasurer shall, as soon rs the
| annual levy is placed in his hands give notice
| thereof by advertisement, stating the time
from which taxes bear interest and the dis
| counts allowed on both State and County
| taxes and warning taxpayers OF their liability
| to be published as denQuentS and to have
| their property sold if taxes are not paid re-
| qured by law. He shall also Immediately
make out the bill of each taxpayer upon which
Il similar notice shall be printed and he shall
| upon application forward the bill by mail to the
| taxpayer or his agent.
26s d. on the first days OF October January,
| A pril and July, Of each year, and ottener, II
| the County Commissioners require ii. the
Treasurer shall make Il report of the receipts
| and disbursements for the preceding months.
| showing the sources of such receipts and the
| respective accounts for which such disburSe-
mentS were made, and on the first day of July
| in each year he shall make similar report
| covering the receipts and disbursements for
| the preceding year. which reports shall be pre-
| scented to the County Commissioners at their
| first meeting after said respective dates. and
| short summary of said quarterly reports shall
| be published by the County Commissioners.
26Z +. The said Treasurer Shall keep Sepa-
rate accounts of the State and County leves
ut thy &c n md
| account OF the County levy shall be dlsburSed
| exclusively for county purposes: ana any per-
| son for whose use a levy is made shall be en-
| titled to receive the same in full on the first
| day of January next succeeding the date of
| such levy: provided. however. that he may
previous to that time, procure fromthe County
| Commissioners an order stating the amount OF
| such levy; and the Treasurer is hereby author
| lied and directed to receive said orders. or 50
| much thereof as may be necessary, in payment
| OF taxes due under the levy upon winch such
| order iSiSSued.
! a62F F. The Treasurer shall pay over the
State taxes and the County levies for school
purposes at the times and in the manner pre-
! scribed by the laws of the State
| 262 G.. The Treasurer shall receive rs con-
penSation for all his services as Treasurer an
annual salary of 81 800 to be paid monthly. two
| per cent. commission on all State taxes paid
over by him, and such commissions as may
accrue under the provisions OF this Act.
262 H. The Treasurer shall appoint such
clerks as may be necessary for the proper dlS-
charge of the duties of his office. who shall be
deputy treasurer; shall qualify under the Con
Stitution OF the State and shall give such bond
to the Treasurer as he may requir; but the az
gregate annual salary OF said clerks shall in no
case exceed the sum of twelve hundred dor
| lars (Sl,2G0.O0).
2Ga l. The County Commissioners shall pro-
vide ut the public expense q suitable office for
! the Treasurer, furnish the same amply and
| conveniently and shall annually levy such sums
| as may be necessary to pay the salaries OF the
| Treasurer and his clerks, his commissions on
! State taxes, the cost of books stationery and
stamps for his office and all printing and adver
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| and not otherwise provided for.
2e2 j. The said Treasurer shall at the expi-
ration of his term of office, make full settle
ment with the County Commissioners of all
| county taxes placed in his hands for col
lection, and all erroneous and insolyent
credit shall be presented to SAID County
Commissioners before or at the time above
| specified for said final settlement, and in no
| case shall said County Commissioners allow Il
| credit for erroneous or insolvent tax bills un-
| less satisfactory proof be produced under oath
| that said bills cannot be collected.
And the said Treasurer isrequired to enforce
payment OF taxes by sale, ashereinprovided of
| all property upon which taxes are in arrears. as
soon as he is empowered SO to DO, ana upon MS
retirement from office he is directed and re-
quired to deliver to his successor all Office
books and papers and all balances of taxes due
| upon the levies for which he is charged and
also to deliver to him all proceedings mad FOR
| the enforcement of the payment OF said taxes.
And the successor of a deceased or retiring
| Treasurer is empowered and required to col
lect and enforce the payment or SAID taxes as
| herein provided: and in all cases where Il
Treasurer has taken steps forthe enforcement
OF the payment OF said taxes and shall retire or
die before the collection OF SAID taxes, or before
said proceedings are completed his successor
| is empowed and required to continue and
complete said proceedings for the enforcement
| of the payment of said taxes and to collect
| the same and Is hereby clothed with all the
power and authority in law had by the retir-
| ing Treasurer during his term OF Office for
262 X. The County Commissioners of
| Hartford county shall annually levy such
| sums of money as they shall deem suthcient
| to pay the expenses which may be incurred
| during the then succeeding year by the attend
| ance of jurors, States witnesses crier ana
bailiffs of the Circuit Court, together with
| any expenses of said Court which they may
| be required to pay; and it shall be the duty OF
| the Treasurer to pay said expenses to the in
dividual entitled to receive the same whenever
| the amount so payable shall be duly certified
| to him by said court, and upon his failure to
pay any such sum when so certified to the
| person entitled to receive the same, the said
| treasurer shall forfeit and pay to every such
person for every such failure the sum OF one
| dollar, to be recovered as other small sums
| are recovered before a justice OF the peace, to-
| gether with the costs of suit. The said court
| shall not issue to the individual entitled to
receive any of the expense aforesaid. except
| witnesses, any evidence that such sums are
| due but the same shall be certified directly
to said Treasurer, and the SAID Treas
| urer before paying the same shall deduct from
| the respective amounts due aforesaid any
| sum or sums of money due and owing by
the said individual to the SAID county 1or
| pay no court expenses save the per diem OF
Jurors States witnesses, crier and baihtfs
unless the bills for the same shall have been
first submitted to and approved by the Coun
| ty Commissioners of afford county as pre-
| vided in Section GO to 60 inclusive, OF SAID
| Article l 3.
| 262 l.. On the first day of February in
| each year the Treasurer shall make up a list
of all delinquent taxpayers and the amount
for which they are respectively in arrcar.
| adding to each bill one dollar for costs, and
publish the same for two successive weeks be,
| fore the 23d day of February and if said
| taxes and costs are unpaid on that day he
shall Immediately thereafter make up list
of all deiinquents assessed with real estate,
giving the name of the person assessed with
| a brief description of the property the dis
trict of it's location and such references to con-
II veyances will render the same possible OF
indentitication together with the amount OF
taxes due and in arrear thereon including all
taxes on personality due from the owner OF
said real estate, with interest, cost and
expenses accrued to day of sale, with
notice appended that if said taxes, inter
terest. cost and expenses are not paid on or
| he