708 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 504]

fines to be paid to the county treasurer for the benefit of the
county.

4. The members of said anditing committee shall be allowed
for their services in anditing the accounts of the boards and
officers named in. this act the sum of one hundred and fifty
dollars each, together with such expenses not to exceed in the
aggregate the sum of one hundred dollars in any one year, for
printing, stationery and the incidental expenses as any one of
the judges of the Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County may
deem proper to be paid, together with the costs, if any, of
summoning witnesses or of witness fees to be paid by the
County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County.

5. The County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County
and the Treasurer of Queen Anne's county be and they are
hereby directed and required, immediately upon the close of
business on the last day of May of each year, to proceed 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.

6. The Trustees of Poor of Queen Anne's county be and
they are hereby directed and required immediately upon the
close of business on the last day of June of each year, to pro-
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 July following.

7. 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 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 August following.

8. The said several boards and officers are directed and
required, when requested by said anditing committee or any
member thereof, to lay before the said auditing 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, and of
Queen Anne's county, may be fully and accurately determined.