FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 44 A. That it shall be the duty of said clerk to

receive from the county commissioners of said county all

Duty of
clerk.

moneys levied and collected tor county purposes and also

all other moneys which may be coming to said county from

any source whatsoever, which said moneys, when so received,

shall during banking hours of that day, be deposited by

him to the credit of the clerk of the county commissioners

of Howard County, in such bank or banks as the said county

commissioners may designate, but no money shall be drawn

from said bank or banks except by check signed by said

clerk and countersigned by the president or some one mem-

ber of said county commissioners acting for the time being

as the president thereof; and said moneys shall be paid

over by the said county commissioners to said clerk imme-

diately after receiving the same, and said clerk shall re-

ceipt to said commissioners therefor.

SEC. 44 B. That said clerk shall make no payment,

except upon an order directed to him and signed by at least

Payments

a majority of said county commissioners ; and all orders so

by

drawn shall bear the same number and date and be for the

same amount as the stub to which they were attached, and

each order shall state for what purpose it is given, and shall

embrace but one class of expenditures.

SEC. 44 C. That it shall be the duty of said clerk to keep

a current cash account, upon which shall be regularly

Cash

entered all moneys received and orders taken as cash, by

account

him, the date thereof and the source whence the same were

derived ; also all moneys disbursed or expended, the dates

thereof, and the purpose for which it was applied and at
the end of each meeting day said account shall be balanced

by said clerk and examined by said commissioners on the

following meeting day immediately upon assembling of

their board, and it shall be the further duty of said clerk to

also balance said account at the end of each year of his

appointment and the aggregate amounts shall then show the

total of all moneys received by the county from all sources

and the entire amount expended for all purposes during

the year.

SEC. 44 D. That it shall also be the duty of said clerk to

Quarterly

make a quarterly statement to the said county commis-

statement.

sioners, on the first Tuesday of each aud every quarter, cor-

rectly exhibiting the condition of the county finances under

the control of his office, which said statement shall show

the amount of moneys received by him, and all sums of

money due the county from each collector, and all other

sources ; the time when the same became due ; the amount

of money, if any, borrowed by the commissioners and not

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