EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the members of
said commission shall serve without compensation, but said

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commission shall be authorized to employ such clerical and
other assistance as the discharge of its duties may require ;
provided, however, that it shall not be lawful for it to incur
any expense beyond the amount appropriated by this Act.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five

Serve without
pay

hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to
pay the expenses of said commission; and the Treasurer of
the State shall, upon the warrant of the Comptroller, dis-
burse said sum in accordance with the orders of said com-
mission.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 9, 1906.

CHAPTER 564.

AN ACT to provide for auditing periodically the books in
the office of the County Commissioners and, the County
Treasurer of Anne Arundel County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized and

Sum of money
appropriated

directed to employ in the months of January and July,
respectively, in each year, a competent auditor and account-
ant, who shall not be a resident of Anne Arundel county, to
examine the books in the office of the County Commissioners
and the County Treasurer of Anne Arundel county, whose
duty it shall be to examine and audit said books in said
months annually and report the same to the County Com-
missioners, who are hereby directed to publish semi-annu-
ally in. said months the result of said examinations; and for
failure to do the same all of said commissioners shall be
subject to a fine of ten dollars, to be recovered before a
justice of the peace in a civil action in that behalf brought
by the State's attorney for said county; the auditor so
employed shall not be paid more than two hundred dollars
per annum, and the State of Maryland shall pay to pro rata
of the same according to the tax rate of the county and
State, respectively, and the County Commissioners of Anne
Arundel county shall pay the balance.
Approved April 5, 1906.

Auditor and
accountant
employed.