The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
CHAPTER NO. 1852.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section $50 of Article II
of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title Frederick County,"
subtitle Frederick" relating to the
Office of City Register as the same
was amended by Chapter l of the
Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland of 1898, and by Chapters
zY5 and 1875 of the Acts of the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland of 1904.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
section $50 OF article IL of the Code
OF Public Local Laws of Maryland,
LlLle Frederick County" subtitle
FREDERICK" relating to the Office of
City Register, as the same was amend
ed by Chapter of the Acts of the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland of 1898,
and by Chapters 295 and 1886 of the
Acts of the General Assembly Of Mary
Land of 1904, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments, so as to read as follows:
$50. No person shall be City Regis
ter of said City unless he be at the
time OF his election a citizen of the
united States, above the age of twenty
five years, a freebooter in the City
within the taxable limits thereof, &C.
tualy residing therein, and having re-
sided therein for three years next pre-
ceding his election. The annual sal
airy of the person elected City Regis
ter shall be Twelve Hundred Dollars,
which sum shall be his total compen-
sation. He shall also be Collector OF
Taxes for caid City, and whenever
said City Register and Tax Collector
shall find it necessary to proceed by
way of distress or execution to collect
~ tax levied by The Mayor and AL
nermen of Frederick, which it is
hereby authorized by law to lay, he
ilslAl as far as practicable proceed in
ohe same manner as is now provided
by the laws of the State of Maryland
for the collection of State and County
taxes. At the beginning of his term
of Office, and annually thereafter, he
shall give bond to the State of Mary
land for the use of The Mayor and
Aldermen of Frederick, in penalty
of Fifty Thousand Dollars, with good
and sufficient surety or sureties to be
approved by the Board of Aldermen,
which said bond shall be recorded in
the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Frederick County, the con-
dition of said bond being that If the
above bounden. ..........., shall we'll
and faithfully execute the Office of
City Register of Frederick City and
Tax Collector for said City, and shall
account for and pay over to The Mayor
and Aldermen of Frederick the sew
eral sums of money which he shall
receive for The Mayor and Aldermen
of Frederick, or be answerable for
by law, at such times as the laws and
ordinances of the said City and the
orders and resolutions of said Board
of Aldermen shall direct, then the said
obligation to be void, otherwise to be
and remain in full force and virtue
in law. The City Register shall have
the keeping of the common seal Of the
corporation, which shall be circular in
form and shall have engraved around
its margin the words Corporation of
Frederick, Maryland" and upon its
center an eagle. The corporation seal
shall be used by the City Register in
all cases provided by ordinance, and
in all other cases where a corporate
seal may be necessary. All fees by
him received shall be paid over to
The Mayor and Aldermen CT Freder-
lex; he shall receive and take into
his charge all moneys of said corpora
ton whether arising from fines, Ii
censes taxes and forefeitures, or in
any other way whatsoever and deposit
the same in bank in the name of
The Mayor and Aldermen of F'reder
lex, to be disbursed only in payment
of claims against the said corporation
properly allowed, and for such pur-
pose as may be directed by the Board
of Aldermen, on warrants signed by
himself and countersigned by the
Mayor. He shall keep bank book to
contain regular entries of all moneys
by him deposited, and of all checks
by him drawn; he shall keep regular
and fair account in book or books in
folio, of all monies by him received
and expended on account of said COR
poration, and shall semi-annually and
oftener. if required by the Mayor. or