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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sale, he shall be entitled to compensation at the rate of five per centum on the amount collected with such expenses as may be incurred in printing and advertising.

Be deposited in bank.

SEC. 15. Be it enacted, That all money belonging to the county received by the treasurer, shall within one week thereafter be deposited in such bank as the county commissioners may designate, but none shall be drawn from the said bank, except by a check signed by the treasurer, countersigned ty the auditor, and endorsed by the person to whom it is paid.

Except by a check.

SEC. 16. Be it enacted, That the treasurer shall make no payment except by a check based on an order signed by a majority of the county commissioners and countersigned by the auditor, who shall be the chief clerk to the county commissioners, and all checks so drawn shall bear the same number, and be for the same amount as the order on which they are based, and each order on him shall state for what purpose it is given an. d shall embrace but one class of expenditures,

Make report.

SEC. 17. Be it enacted, That on the first Tuesday of each month he shall report to the commissioners the amount of money received and the amount expended during the month just past, together with the balance then remaining in bank, which statement shall be published by the county commissioners once in two newspapers issued at the county seat.

Entered in ledger.

SEC. 18. Be it enacted, That all money received by the treasurer shall be entered in his ledger under appropriate headings, which shall indicate the source whence derived, and all money disbursed shall be entered under such heading as will indicate the purpose to which it was applied, and at the close of each year the ledger shall be balanced by the transfer of the aggregate amount under each heading to a single page of the ledger, which shall thus show the amount of money received by the county from all sources, and the entire amount expended for all purposes during the year, and a correct transcript of the aforesaid account attested by his signature, shall at