Ch. 478 LAWS OF MARYLAND
15-9. PAY OF WITNESSES.

THE PAY OF WITNESSES FOR ATTENDANCE BEFORE THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL BE THE SAME AS FOR ATTENDANCE
BEFORE THE CIRCUIT COURT, AND SHALL BE REGULATED IN THE SAME

MANNER.

15-10. LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES.

THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, EXCEPT WHEN
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES MAY REQUIRE IT TO BE DONE, MAY
NOT EXCEED IN ITS EXPENDITURES FOR ALL COUNTY PURPOSES THE
AMOUNT LEVIED FOR SAID YEAR; AND WHEN AN EMERGENCY MAY
COMPEL THE CREATION OF A DEFICIENCY, THE SAME SHALL BE
PLAINLY SHOWN IN THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF COUNTY EXPENSES,
AND BE LEVIED FOR IN THE FIRST LEVY MADE AFTER ITS CREATION.

15-11. REQUIRING LAND FOR FORESTS AND PARKS.

THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CECIL COUNTY SHALL
HAVE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE LANDS WITHIN SAID
COUNTY, SUITABLE FOR FOREST OR GAME PRESERVES OR PARKS, BY
GIFT, PURCHASE, CONDEMNATION OR OTHERWISE, AND FOR SUCH
PURPOSE TO APPROPRIATE IN ANY YEAR, AND INCLUDE IN ITS LEVY,
SUCH SUMS AS THE BOARD CONSIDERS JUSTIFIED. THE BOARD MAY AT
ANY TIME GIVE, LEASE OR SELL ALL OR ANY PART OF THE LANDS SO
ACQUIRED OR THE USE THEREOF TO ANY DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY OF
THIS STATE AUTHORIZED TO ACQUIRE THE SAME, FOR USE AS A STATE
FOREST PRESERVE, OR STATE GAME PRESERVE OR STATE PARK.

15-12. MONTHLY STATEMENT OF CLAIMS; PREPARATION; PUBLICATION.

THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CECIL COUNTY SHALL
PUBLISH ALL RECORDS OF COUNTY EXPENSES IN ITS MINUTES, WHICH
SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. IN ADDITION, THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL COMPILE AT THE END OF
EACH MONTH A DETAILED STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR ALL OF THE
EXPENSE PAYMENTS ABOVE ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.) THAT WERE
MADE DURING THAT MONTH. THE STATEMENT SHALL INCLUDE THE
NAME TO WHOM THE EXPENSE PAYMENT WAS MADE PAYABLE, THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE EXPENSE ITEM, AND AN IDENTIFICATION OF
THE PARTICULAR ITEM OF EXPENSE. THE BOARD SHALL PUBLISH,
WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE LAST DAY OF THE
PREVIOUS MONTH, THE STATEMENT IN A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN
CECIL COUNTY.

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DISASTER CONTROL CENTERS

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