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demand showing receipts of State aid and disbursements of money re-
ceived from the State. It shall be unlawful for any institution to receive
any appropriation or aid from the State, or any part thereof, unless and
until such institution fully complies with any order or orders which the
Comptroller may make or prescribe under the authority of Section 241
of this Article, and with any and all other requirements, of law; and the
Comptroller shall not draw his warrant for the payment of any such ap-
propriation, or part thereof, to any such institution, unless, and until the
State Auditor reports to him that such institution has fully complied with
any such order or orders.

An. Code, sec. 233A. 1916, ch. 587, sec. 233A. 1922, ch. 29, sec. 233A (p. 49).

246. Any Clerk of Court, Register of Wills, Sheriff, State's Attorney
or Collector, any County Treasurer or fee officer, and the members of any
board of county commissioners or any county treasurer or collector, and
any officer of the State Tobacco Warehouse, or of any department, board,
commission or institution embraced within the provisions of Section 241
of this Article, who shall knowingly fail and refuse to comply with any
order or orders which the Comptroller may make and prescribe under
the authority of said section, with respect to his office or institution, or
who shall knowingly fail and refuse to comply with any other provision
of this law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine
of not less than fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or to
imprisonment for not less than thirty days, nor more than six months,
or both, in the discretion of the Court, for each and every such offense.

State Tax Commission.

An. Code, sec. 234. 1914, ch. 841, sec. 233. 1916, ch. 713.

247. There is hereby created a Commission to be designated as State
Tax Commission of Maryland composed of three persons who shall be
resident taxpayers of the State and qualified voters thereof, and not
more than two of whom shall be of the same political party. One of said
Commissioners shall be a resident of the City of Baltimore, one a resi-
dent of the Counties of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and the other a
resident of the Counties of the Western Shore of Maryland. The term
of each of the three members shall be six years and until his successor
qualifies and shall commence on the first Monday of June next ensuing
his appointment; except that one of the Commissioners named in this
sub-title shall serve for two years, one for four years, and one for six
years, and if for any reason the term of six years shall be held uncon-
stitutional then the term of each shall be two years. The present Com-
mission created by this sub-title shall be Oscar Leser, who shall serve
for two years, Lewin W. Wickes, who shall serve for four years, and
Arthur P. Gorman, Jr., who shall serve for six years and who shall be
Chairman of said Commission during his term, after which time the
chairman of said Commission shall be designated by the Governor of the
State, and all subsequent appointments shall be so made that not more
than two Commissioners shall at any time be of the same political party.