190 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 112

and he shall employ, subject to the approval of the County
Commissioners of Washington County, a competent man
at a salary of One Hundred ($100. 00) Dollars per
month to conduct the work of said Bureau, the man
so appointed to be capable of doing finger print, pho-
tographic, criminal investigation, and detective work,
and to devote so much of his time as the State's At-
torney may direct to criminal identification and criminal
investigation work in Hagerstown and Washington County,
under the direction and supervision of the State's Attor-
ney. The County Commissioners of Washington County
shall pay the necessary expenses for the maintenance of
said Bureau not to exceed One Hundred and Twenty-five
Dollars ($125. 00) per month as follows: the aforemen-
tioned salary of One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) per month;
printing, stationery, telephone, stamps, traveling expenses,
and other expenses that may be necessary for the mainte-
nance of said Bureau not to exceed Twenty-five Dollars
($25. 00) per month, and shall levy for the same as. ex-
penses of the State's Attorney's office. The County Com-
missioners shall also levy the sum of Nine Hundred Dol-
lars ($900. 00) for the purchase of equipment, furniture,
etc., for said Bureau, the said sum to be provided for in
the first levy to be made on or after June 1, 1929. Bills
for all expenses of said Bureau must be presented direct
to the County Commissioners for payment by the County
Commissioners, made out and sworn to on the regular
forms in use by the County Commissioners and must be
certified to by the State's Attorney, and all false swearing
in such affidavits shall be deemed perjury and be punished
as such.

An office shall be provided for the said Bureau at Police
Headquarters in the City of Hagerstown, Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1933.

Approved April 21, 1933.

CHAPTER 113.

AN ACT to authorize, direct and empower the Burgess
and Commissioners of Hancock to borrow upon the faith
and credit of Hancock to the amount of Twenty Thousand