648 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 362
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 appropri-
ate 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, 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 made by
the board in the form of a separate account for each ap-
propriation, 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 immedi-
ately upon examination of such books and of the several
accounts therein; he shall also keep a warrant book of
Dorchester 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
therefrom 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 cor-
responding duplicate or stub, in which at the time of the
filling up of said warrant, 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, 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
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