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and shall be subject to all the provisions of this sub-title relative to the
Assistant State Auditors. He shall receive such salary as may be pro-
vided for him in the Budget, and in addition thereto shall receive his neces-
sary traveling expenses. In addition to the duties imposed upon Assistant
State Auditors under the other provisions of this sub-title, he shall perform
the following duties:

Said auditor shall audit the books of the various oyster packers, crab
and clam shippers and fish dealers, including any catchers of the above
seafoods, who may ship direct for the purpose of ascertaining the total
number of bushels of oysters caught within the waters of the State of
Maryland, the number of gallons shucked and shipped, the pounds of crabs
and crab meat, quantities of soft crabs and clams, quantities of each kind
of fish, and also the quantity in bushels or gallons of oysters that are pur-
chased from points out of the State, and shall file with the Conservation
Department weekly reports showing the result of such audit.

In order to enable said auditor to secure the information required, all
persons engaged in the pursuits mentioned in the preceding paragraph
shall keep books, statements and accounts, and all such books, statements
and accounts shall be open to inspection by said auditor at all times.

Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than
$100, nor more than $500, and shall be adjudged in contempt of court
until he complies therewith. All monies arising from fines collected under
this section shall be remitted to the Comptroller for credit of the Conserva-
tion Fund.

In case the Assistant State Auditor, appointed under the provisions of
this section, shall in any respect wilfully fail or neglect to perform his
duties herein provided for, he may be removed from office by the Governor.
In the event of the death, resignation, refusal to act or removal of the said
Assistant State Auditor, the Governor shall have the authority to fill such
vacancy.

An. Code, 1924, art. 81, sec. 241. 1912, sec. 230. 1904, sec. 226. 1902, ch. 257, sec. 218.

1912, ch. 190, sec. 218. 1914, ch. 704, sec. 218. 1916, ch. 587, sec. 230.

1922, ch. 29, sec. 230 (p. 47). 1929, ch. 226, sec. 47 (p. 715).

47. The State Auditor, with the aid of the Deputy State Auditor and
the Assistant State Auditors, shall on or before the first day of December
in each and every year make an examination of the books, accounts and
reports of all Clerks of Courts, Registers of Wills, Sheriffs, State's Attor-
neys, and all Collectors of State taxes of the State of Maryland, including
the City of Baltimore, and also all county treasurers and fee officers, and the
books and accounts of the several boards of Comity Commissioners and of
the several county treasurers and collectors, in so far as they effect the
collection of State taxes, or the assessable basis upon which State taxes are
levied. He shall also, with the aid of the Deputy State Auditor and the
Assistant State Auditors, on or before the first clay of December in each and
every year examine the books and accounts of the Governor's office, the
Comptroller of the Treasury, the State Treasurer, the Attorney General