WM. PRESTON LANK, JR., GOVERNOR. 809

from after execution thereof by the President of the Board
of County Commissioners and by such officer as Clerk of the
County Commissioners, shall contain a corresponding dupli-
cate stub, in which at the time of the filling up of said war-
rant, and before its removal from the book, he shall make full
entry of the number, date and the amount of such warrant,
the name of the person to whom issued, and 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 shall have been done.
He shall further 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 9 o'clock A. M. and 4 o'clock P. M., at the request of any
citizen or taxpayer of said county exhibit the same to such
person, and make and certify copies or extracts therefrom,
without charge. He shall give bond in the penalty of Ten
Thousand Dollars for the faithful performance of his duties,
to be secured by a bonding company, the premium of said
bond to be paid by the County Commissioners and to be ap-
proved by the said Commissioner, and he shall qualify under
the State Constitution. He shall examine each monthly, quar-
terly and annual report made by the County Treasurer, and
certify to the correctness of all such reports as soon as prac-
tical thereafter. The first term of office of said official shall
end on the thirty-first day of December, 1948, and every two
years thereafter said Commissioners shall appoint such Secre-
tary, and, unless sooner removed for cause, he shall hold his
office for two years from the first day of January next suc-
ceeding his appointment.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 16, 1947.

CHAPTER 473.
(House Bill 833)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 23 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Wi-
comico County", sub-title "County Commissioners", to be
known as Section 28BB, and to follow immediately after
Section 28B of said Article, authorizing the County Com-