808 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 472

such employee or officer, and he shall receive an annual salary
not to exceed Thirty-six Hundred Dollars ($3,600.00) payable
monthly by Wicomico County. In addition to the duties and
responsibilities conferred upon him by said Commissioners, he
shall perform all duties and services now required by law or
which may hereafter be required by law of him as the Secretary
and Clerk to said County Commissioners. He shall make full,
complete and ac.curate minutes of all transactions and pro-
ceedings of the Board of County Commissioners and of all
orders passed by said board, and record the same in suitable
and durably bound volumes with index to facilitate reference
to all such transactions, proceedings and orders; he shall en-
dorse, file, number and index all papers presented to the said
board and acted upon by the same, and so arrange, keep and
preserve them that by reference to such index and number
such papers may at any time 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 taxpayer in said district and alphabetically for each
district the aggregate amount of property, both real and per-
sonal assessed to each person or persons, or corporation, for
each district, and the amount of State and County taxes due
by each, together with the rate of State and County tax op-
posite each taxpayer's name. He shall keep all necessary,
suitable and appropriate books of accounts and therein enter
in a clear, accurate and businesslike manner all the financial
transactions of the County, and particularly showing from
day to day, and at all times the amount of County moneys,
securities and property in the hands of the County Treasurer
or any other fiduciary 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, 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 unto 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 said books
and of the several accounts therein; he shall also keep a war-
rant book of Wicomico 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 there-