EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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County School Commissioners for Caroline County, the

Trustees of the Poor of Caroline County and the County

Treasurer of Caroline Countyj and to require the appoint-

ment of an auditing committee, with full power to summon

and swear witnesses in relation thereto, and to re-enact the

same with amendments.

SECTION i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That Section i of Chapter 282 of the Acts of the Gen-

eral Assembly of Maryland, passed at the January Session

of 1894, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with

amendments so as to read as follows :

I. It shall be the duty of the Judges of the Circuit Court for

Caroline County annually, on and after the year 1904, at the

Appointment
of a county

April term of said court, to appoint from among representative

auditing
committee.

taxpayers of said county, and without the least reference to

their political opinions, and known for their honesty, integrity,

sound judgment and aptitude for skillful accounting, three per-

sons, who shall constitute an auditing committee, whose duty

it shall be to examine carefully the accounts, vouchers, books

and papers of the Board of County School Commissioners

and Treasurer thereof for Caroline County, the Trustees of

the Poor of Caroline County, and the County Treasurers and

County Commissioners for Caroline County annually. The

members of the said auditing committee, or a majority thereof,

shall institute such comparisons and make such suggestions.

observations, deductions and criticisms in connection with and

as a part of their report as will give the citizens of the county

an intelligent understanding of all receipts and expenditures

of public moneys. They shall formulate and publish in pam-

To publish a

phlet form, not later than the first day of October of each year

statement an-
nually.

a report containing a detailed statement of receipts and dis-

bursements properly grouped and classified. They shall ask

bids from practical printers to print at least twelve hundred

copies of said report annually, and shall accept the lowest

responsible bid. They shall distribute by mail not less than

eight hundred copies to representative citizens of the county

and place the remaining copies of the report in the office of

the County Commissioners of Caroline County to be dis-

tributed in such manner as said County Commissioners may

adopt, and the County Commissioners of Caroline County

shall pay all costs of printing and distributing said report. In

addition to the per diem compensation provided in the afore-

Per diem and

said Acts, the members of the auditing committee shall be en-

mileage.

titled to mileage for each and every day of their attendance