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ceed to balance their books and accounts and to close their work
for the year ending on said date, and to have the duties
required "of them by this section completed before the fifteenth
day of June following.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the Board of County School
Commissioners and the treasurer thereof be and they are hereby
directed and required, immediately upon the close of business
on the last day of July of each year, to proceed to balance their
books and accounts and to dose their work for the year end-
ing on said date, and to have the duties required of them by
this section completed before the fifteenth day of August fol-
lowing.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the several boards and
officers are directed and required, .when requested by said audit-
ing committee or any member thereof, to lay before the said
anditing committee, all books, accounts, vouchers and other
papers relating to the receipt and disbursement of the public
funds in their hands or subject to their control; and the said
several boards and officers shall in every way expedite and
facilitate the work of the said anditing committee to the end
that the true financial status and condition of the said several
boards and officers of Harford county may be fully and accu-
rately determined.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1912.

CHAPTER 127.

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of Harford
County in their discretion to levy annually a sum of money
for the support of Mary E. Scarborough, Mary M. Burkins
and Charles E. Johnson, all of Harford county, Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the County Commissioners of Harford County be
and they are hereby authorized and empowered in their discre-
tion to levy annually a sum of money not to exceed seventy-five
dollars for each of the persons herein named for the support
of Mary E. Scarborough, Mary M. Burkins and Charles E.
Johnson, all of Harford county, Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1912.