1356 ARTICLE 31

municipal or public corporations, special districts and/or political sub-
divisions. The Board of Public Works may alter from time to time said
form and may make such changes therein as may seem to it in its discre-
tion to effectuate the purposes of this sub-title. Said statements of Finan-
cial Condition shall be compiled as of the last day of each and every fiscal
year of any said county, municipal or public corporation, special dis-
trict and/or, political sub-division, by said Treasurer or, if there be no
Treasurer, by the authorized financial officer thereof, and upon completion
of said Statement, said Treasurer or other authorized financial officer shall
make affidavit thereto, and said Treasurer or other authorized financial
officer shall within sixty days after the end of the fiscal year for which said
Statement is made file the same with the Board of Public Works as here-
inabove required. Upon the receipt of any such Statement of Financial
Condition, properly executed, the Board of Public Works shall examine
the same, and upon being satisfied that said Statement of Financial Con-
dition complies with the provisions of this sub-title, it shall file said State-
ment of Financial Condition in a special file reserved for such State-
ments, which shall be at all time available for inspection by any resident
of the State of Maryland. Any person may request a certified copy of any
of the Statements of Financial Condition so filed, and upon pre-payment
of a fee of Two Dollars, the Board of Public Works shall cause such,
certified copy to be prepared and delivered to the person making such
request.

1935, ch. 355, sec. 8.

9. Each of the said Treasurers or other authorized financial officers
subject to the provisions of this sub-title shall be personally liable to a
penalty, collectible in the name of the State of Maryland, in the amount
of Ten Dollars a day, for every day or fraction thereof, after the lapse of
the time limit prescribed by Section 8 of this Article, said Treasurer or
other authorized financial officer shall be in default in the filing of the
Statement of Financial Condition required by Section 7 of this Article.
In the event that such Treasurer or other authorized financial officer shall
file a statement within the time limit prescribed by Section 8 of this Article,
but such statement shall, in the opinion of the Board of Public Works, be
incomplete or inadequate, then the Board of Public Works shall give notice
by registered mail to such Treasurer or other authorized financial officer,
of the items wherein said statement is incomplete or inadequate, and if
such Treasurer or other financial officer shall not within ten days from the
date of said notice file a complete and adequate statement, he shall be
deemed in default and liable to the penalty herein prescribed.

Public Works.

1933 (Special Sess.), ch. 30, sec. 1.

10. The following terms wherever used or referred to in this sub-title
shall have the following meaning unless a different meaning appears from
the context:

(a) The term "municipality" shall mean any county, municipal or
public corporation, special district and/or political subdivision of the
State of Maryland, except the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

(b) The term "governing body" shall mean the council, or other legisla-
tive body, board, commission, or other authority having charge of the
finances of any municipality.