County Commissioners v. Rouse

This is an application for a writ of mandamus by the petitioner against the respondent, the County Commissioners of Harford County, to require the latter to approve the bonds of the petitioner as treasurer of Harford County, under the conditions required by section 463 of chapter 680 of the Acts of 1916.

The petitioner was elected treasurer of Harford County in the year 1921, under the provision of the local law of Harford County, which provided that the treasurer of Harford county shall be the collector of all state and county taxes, for the county, however levied, and shall receive all…