386 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 207
202. The County Commissioners of Wicomico County shall
on or before the first day of July, 1937, appoint a Clerk to the
County Commissioners of said County, and, unless sooner re-
moved for cause, he shall hold his office until January 1, 1929,
and thereafter the said County Commissioners of Wicomico
County shall on or before the thirty-first day of December,
1928, and every two years thereafter, appoint such Clerk, and,
unless sooner removed for cause, he shall hold his office for two
years from the first day of January next succeeding his ap-
pointment, and shall receive an annual salary not to exceed
Fifteen Hundred Dollars, payable monthly by Wicomico
County. The said official shall perform all his duties and
services now required by law or which may hereafter be
required of him by law, or which may hereafter be required
of him by any order of the County Commissioners. He shall
make full, complete and accurate minutes of all transactions
and proceedings 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 endorse, 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 an-
nual 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
personal 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
opposite each taxpayer's name. He shall keep all necessary,
suitable and appropriate books of accounts 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 County moneys, secu-
rities 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 made by the
Board in the form of a separate account for each appropria-
tion, 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
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