PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 707

3. It shall be the duty of the said committee to proceed to
carefully examine the accounts, vouchers, receipts and other
papers connected with the receipts and disbursements of the
public money of the County Treasurer of Queen Anne's County
and of, the County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County on
the third Monday of June following their appointment, of the
Board of County School Commissioners and the treasurer
thereof on the third Monday of August following their appoint-
ment and of the Trustees of the Poor of Queen Anne's County
on the third Monday of July following their appointment; in
such a manner as to show the true financial status and condition
of each of the said boards and officers of the said county; and
whenever it shall be deemed necessary, in the judgment of the
said committee, or be required by any five or more respectable
taxpayers of Queen Anne's county, they shall summon such
persons as may be by them deemed necessary, or be named to
them, requiring them to produce any paper, voucher or book
in their possession relating to the receipt or disbursement of
the public money of Queen Anne's county, and shall have the
power and authority to administer oaths and affirmations to the
persons so summoned before them, and shall require them to
answer under oath all such questions as shall be propounded to
them by any member of the said committee touching the
accounts, vouchers, books and papers of any of the said boards
or officers; and in case any person, after being summoned to
appear before said committee, shall refuse or neglect to attend
in accordance with the requirements of said summons, or shall
refuse or neglect to produce any voucher, books or paper
required by said summons to be produced, or shall refuse to be
sworn or affirmeji, or being sworn or affirmed, shall refuse to be
answer, the person so refusing to appear, or neglecting to pro-
duce any vouchers, books or papers, or refusing to be sworn or
affirmed, or refusing to answer, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any Court of
competent jurisdiction, shall, in case of a private citizen, be
fined not exceeding one hundred dollars for each and every
refusal to appear, or to produce any vouchers, books or papers
or to answer or be sworn or affirmed, and shall stand com-
mitted until the fines and costs are paid, and in the case of any
of the members of any 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