HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 565

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 316, 317 and 318 of Article 17 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Prince George's
County", sub-title "County Commissioners", as said sections
were amended by Chapter 460 of the Acts of 1935, be and same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to
read as follows:

316. The Clerk to the County Commissioners of said County
shall be entitled to an annual salary of Twenty-five Hundred
Dollars ($2500. 00) and the County Commissioners are hereby
forbidden to increase said salary or to give any extra compen-
sation to the said Clerk for any work he may do in his office.

317. They may annually appoint a Deputy Clerk to assist
the Clerk to the County Commissioners, who before entering
upon the duties of his office shall take oath and give bond in
the penalty of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10, 000. 00), and in the
same manner and form as now required by law of the Clerk
to said County Commissioners; and the surety on said bond
shall be some surety company authorized to do business in the
State of Maryland, and the premium on said bond shall be
paid by the County Commissioners of Prince George's County;
which Deputy Clerk in the absence of the Clerk shall act in
his place and stead, and be vested with his authority, and the
Deputy Clerk shall receive a salary of not more than Twelve
Hundred Dollars ($1200. 00) per annum; but nothing in this
Act shall prevent the appointment of the same individual as
County Road Clerk at the salary now fixed by law for said
Road Clerk and the total salary so received as the Deputy
Clerk to the County Commissioners and as Clerk to said Road
Board shall not exceed Eighteen Hundred Dollars ($1800. 00)
per annum.

318. They shall in the month of March, 1914, and every two
years thereafter appoint a. Transfer Clerk and Auditor for
Prince George's County, who shall, subject to the control, di-
rection and decision of the said County Commissioners, correct
and keep the assessment books of Prince George's County so
that the same will truly show the actual owner or owners of
each piece of property thereon. To this end said Transfer
Clerk and Auditor shall diligently hunt for and ascertain the
true owner or owners of all property on said books not in
their respective name or names, also every transfer of property
by deed, decree, will, descent or otherwise, and report the
same fully at least monthly to the County Commissioners, and
said Transfer Clerk and Auditor shall also, as soon as prac-
ticable, after the last of March of each and every year, audit