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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

second (or East New Market), and the twelfth (or

Williamsburg) election districts; commissioner dis-

trict number two shall be composed of the four-

teenth (or Linkwood), third (or Vienna), and

eleventh (or Drawbridge) election districts; com-

missioner district number three shall be composed

Commissioner

of the seventh (or Cambridge), eighth (or Neck),

districts.

and thirteenth (or Bucktown) election districts ;

commissioner district number four shall be com-

posed of the fourth (or Parson's Creek), sixth (or

Hooper's Island), and ninth (or Church Creek) elec-

tion districts; and commissioner district number

five shall be composed of the fifth (or Lakes), and

tenth (or Straits) election districts of said county.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That there shall be a

treasurer of Dorchester county, who shall be ap-

Treasurer-
how appointed

pointed as hereinafter provided, whose duties shall

be to receive and disburse all moneys levied and

collected for county purposes, according to the order

of the County Commissioners of said county, and

pay over to the Treasurer of Maryland, as herein-

after directed, all moneys levied and collected for

Keep separate

the said State in said county; he shall keep a sepa-

accounts.

rate account of both State and county levies with

each collector, and shall make and keep a duplieate

of each and every receipt given for all public

moneys received by him; he shall make quarterly

returns of the amount of moneys received by him

to the County Commissioners of said county, and

monthly returns to the " Comptroller of the Trea-

sury " respectively; he shall also serve and act as

clerk to said County Commissioners, and as such it

shall be his duty to record the proceedings of the

Board of County Commissioners, and to perform all

such other duties as are now or may hereinafter be

prescribed by law for the clerk of said board; he

Keep office

shall keep the office of said commissioners open

open.

from nine o'clock A. M. until three o'clock P. M.

each week day; he shall have charge of all records,

books, &c., of said commissioners' office, and shall

not allow any of them to be removed or taken from

said office except in obedience to a summons or

order of a legally constituted court of this State,

and shall deliver the same to his legally qualified

successor; and before entering upon the duties of

his office the Treasurer of Dorchester county shall