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through commercial experience or otherwise, and (b) who is a graduate of
a resident school of accountancy, having had at least a two year course.

On June 1, 1929, the terms of office of the State Auditor and of the two
Deputy State Auditors and the Assistant State Auditors provided for by
the existing law shall cease and be at an end.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 46. 1927, ch. 674, sec. 240A. 1929, ch. 226, sec. 46 (p. 714).

42. In addition to the Assistant State Auditors for whose employment
provision is made in Section 240¹ of this sub-title, the Governor shall
appoint an Assistant State Auditor, whose term of office shall commence
on the first Monday of May next ensuing his appointment, and continue
for four years, and until his successor shall have qualified; but the term
of the Assistant State Auditor first named under this section shall begin
on the first day of June, 1929, when this Act takes effect, and he shall
hold office until the first Monday of May, 1931, and until his successor
shall be appointed and qualify. He shall take the oath prescribed by the
Constitution; and shall give bond to the State of Maryland in the penalty
of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) conditioned upon the faithful
performance of his duties, the surety to be approved by the Comptroller,
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 Conservation
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

¹ Apparently sec. 41 was intended.

² Ch. 353, 1939, repeals this Section, but since that Act is to be submitted to voters
for adoption or rejection at the Nov. election 1940, in accordance with petition filed
under Art. 16 of the State Constitution, it is codified in this Code.