The citizen., 1914-07-10
CHAPTER NO. 352.

Chief Clerk of the House.
CHAPTER NO. 352.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section $50 of Article IL
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 ChaNeEr l of the
Acts of the Genera Assembly of
Maryland of 1898, and by Chapters
-95 and SS5 of the Act1 y the Gen
eral Assembly of Max sd of 1904.
section 4. Be ten = Al the
dehesaI Assembly Of N fe,en' Due Rat
S;seli0n lSV 1f zrricle, ~ . cQxlI6
ii tsiDlie Local Laws 8 ,'f l.a;yland,
little Frederick Coan subtitle
AFrederick, relating K sXps once Of
city Register, as the s!h 81 Gas amend
ed by Chapter l of the A an Ii the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryppl of 1898,
and by Chapters 295 anoS535 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hereby repealed and re-enacted with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:
1S0 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, freeholder in the City
within the taxable limits thereof, ac-
tually 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
any tax levied by The Mayor and AL
dermen of Frederick, which it is
hereby authorized by law to lay, he
shall as far as practicable proceed in
the same manner as is now provided
for the collection of State and County
taxes. At the beginning of his term
oi 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. n............, shall well
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 keping 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-
ick; he shall receive and take into
his charge all moneys of said corpora
tion whether arising from fines, IL
censes, taxes and forefeitures, or in
any other way whatsoever and deposit
the same in bank in the b If
The Mayor and Aldermen of Freuv-
ick, 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 a 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 renIlired nv the MavOr o.