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An. Code, 1924, art. 81, sec. 245. 1912, sec. 233. 1912, ch. 190, sec. 221.

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

1929, ch. 226, sec. 51. (p. 718).

51. All institutions in this State receiving State aid shall at all times
keep their books and accounts open to inspection by the State Auditor or
Deputy State Auditor or the Assistant State Auditors at any time any of
them apply for examination of the same. They shall also furnish an
account upon demand showing receipts of State aid and disbursements of
money received 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 Sec-
tion 47 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 appropriation, or part thereof, to any such institution, unless and
until the State Auditor reports to him that such institution has fully com-
plied with any such order or orders.

An. Code, 1924, art. 81, sec. 246. 1916, ch. 587, sec. 233A. 1922, ch. 29, sec. 233A
(p. 49). 1929, ch. 226, sec. 52 (p. 719).

52. 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 47 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 imprison-
ment 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.