376 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 190]

house, and such other accounts of State officers not herein
enumerated as the Board of Public Works -may direct; he shall
also with the assistance of the Deputy State Auditor on or
before the first day of December in each year make an exam-
ination of the books and accounts of all institutions in this
State receiving State aid; he or the Deputy State Auditor shall
personally visit all of the aforesaid offices and institutions at
least once a year and oftener if in his judgment it is necessary
so to do. The State Auditor shall on or before the first day
of December in each year make a full and detailed report in
writing to the Board of Public Works of the result of his
examinations of the books and accounts of the officers and
institutions so examined by him. It shall be his duty in such
annual reports to make suggestions as to changes in the con-
duct of such offices and institutions and in the method of
keeping the books and accounts in the offices and institutions
examined by him; and also as to changes in the form of the
reports made by said officers to the Comptroller. It shall also
be the duty of the State Auditor to report all violations of the
law in the conduct of such offices and in the keeping of the
books and accounts of the offices and institutions examined
by him to the Board of Public Works, and to make such sug-
gestions as to amendments of the laws of the State as he may
deem advisable to protect the interests of the State. If the
suggestions of the State Auditor as to the changes in the con-
duct of such offices or in the method of keeping the books and
accounts of any office or institution receiving State aid or as
to the form of the report to the Comptroller, are approved by
the Board of Public Works, such board shall forthwith pass
an order directing all officers accounting to the Comptroller to
adopt and follow such method of conducting their offices or of
keeping their books and accounts in their offices or institu-
tions, or making such form or report as the case may be. And
in case it shall appear from the report of the State Auditor
that any officer whose accounts shall have been examined by
him is in default to the State for any sum or sums of money,
it shall be the duty of the Board of Public Works forthwith
to direct the State's Attorney of the county or of Baltimore City
to bring action in the name of the State against such officer
and his bond, if any, to recover said money so due to the
State as aforesaid, or the Board of Public Works may in their
discretion direct such suit to be brought by the Attorney Gen-
eral of the State.

219. The State Auditor is hereby authorized and empow-
ered to require the production before him of the books and