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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of the said boards and officers, be fined not exceeding five

hundred dollars or be confined in the county jail , for a period

of not more than six months, or be both fined and imprisoned

at the discretion of the court, and if fined only, shall stand

committed until the fines and costs are paid; the fines to be

paid to the County Treasurer for the benefit of the county.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the members of the said

Compensation.

auditing committee shall be allowed for their services in

auditing the accounts of the boards and officers named in

this Act the sum of four dollars per day each, together with

such expenses for stationery and incidental expenses as the

Judges of the Circuit Court for Kent County may deem

proper to be paid, together with the costs, if any, of summon-

ing witnesses, and witness fees by the County Commissioners

of Kent County, and they shall file their account as such com-

mittee on or before August I in each year.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the

Parties having

said several boards, and they and each of them are hereby

against coun-

directed and required to notify all persons having claims of

ty must file
them.

any kind against any of the said boards or against Kent

County, which are properly payable out of the public funds'

subject to the control of any of the said boards, except such

as may be pending in any of the courts of this State, to file

said claims and accounts with the proper boards, so that the

same may be examined and passed upon by the said respective

boards before the fifth day of June in each and every year

after the passage of this Act, and any person failing to file

his or their accounts or claims as aforesaid, shall forfeit all

right to collect any interest on same by legal process or other-

wise, and no interest shall ever be allowed on said claims

by any board, and if said board or any of said boards allow

any interest they shall individually be guilty of a misdemeanor

and as such be liable to punishment for such misdemeanor,

and it shall not be lawful to make provision for said claims

until the levy of the following year, and then without interest,

and same shall in no wise be paid out of any contingent fund

or otherwise; and the said several boards and officers are hereby

directed and required, when requested by the said auditing com-

mittee or any member thereof, to lay before the said auditing

committee all books, accounts, vouchers and other papers relat-

To determine

ing to the receipt and disbursement of the public funds in their

financial
status and

hands or subject to their control; and the said several boards

condition of

and officers shall in every way expedite and facilitate the

county.

work of the said auditing committee, to the end that the true