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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

endorse, file, number and index all papers presented to the said

board and acted upon by the same, and so arrange, keep and pre-

serve them that by reference to such index and number such pa-

pers may at any and all times be readily found; he shall each

year immediately upon and after the annual assessment and levy

make out the assessment and levy book for each district in the

county, which shall set forth the name of each tax-payer in said dis-

trict, description of the real or personal property assessed to each,

the valuation of each item, the rate of State and county tax and

Books—

the amount of tax levied on each person or corporation; he shall

how kept.

keep all necessary, suitable and appropriate books of account and

therein enter in a clear, accurate and business like manner all

the financial transactions of the county, and particularly showing-

from day to day and at all times the amount of comity moneys,

securities and property in the hands of the county treasurer or

any other fiduciary or officer of the county, the amount of taxes.

placed in the hands of the treasurer and not accounted for by

him; the amount of each and every appropriation made by the

board in the form of a separate account for each appropriation,

and of each and every warrant drawn by the board thereon, with

the name of the person to whom such warrant was drawn, the

number, date and amount thereof, and also of its payment by the

treasurer or any other financial agent of the county-on whom

drawn as soon as such payment shall have been reported to the

board, and he shall in all respects so keep such books, that on any

day the financial condition of the county and the status of any

appropriation may be exactly and truly known immediately upon

examination of such books and of the several accounts therein ;

he shall also keep a warrant book of Prince George's county, from

which he shall make out every warrant which shall authorize the

treasurer of the county or any other financial agent of the county

to pay out to any person or corporation whatsoever any sum of

money; which warrant book, besides the warrant to be removed.

therefrom after execution., shall contain a corresponding duplicate

or stub, in which at the time of the filling up of said warrant,

and before its removal from the book, he shall make full entry of

the number, date and amount of such warrant, the name of the

person to whom issued, upon whom drawn, the appropriation

against which drawn, and reference to the page of the journal of

the board wherein is the entry of order for such warrant; and no

warrant shall at any time be issued except after all the aforesaid

Warrant
book.

shall have been done; he shall keep and carefully preserve all

such books and papers in the office of said county commissioners,

and shall on any secular day not a legal holiday, between the

hours of ten o'clock a. m., and three o'clock p. m., at the request

of any citizen or tax payer of said county exhibit the same to such

person, and make and certify copies or extracts therefrom with-

out charge.