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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

require them to answer under oath all such questions as shall
be propounded to them by any member of said committee
touching the accounts, vouchers, books and papers of any of
the said boards or officers; and in case any person, after being
summoned to appear before said committee, shall refuse or
neglect to attend, in accordance with the requirements of said
summons, or shall refuse or neglect to produce any vouchers,
book or paper required by said summons to be produced, or
shall refuse to be sworn or affirmed, or being sworn or affirmed
shall refuse to answer, the person so refusing or neglecting shall
be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall, in
case of a private citizen, be fined not exceeding one hundred
dollars for each and every refusal to answer or to be sworn or
affirmed, and shall stand committed until the fines and costs
are paid; and in case of any of the members of any of the said
boards and officers, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars
or be confined in the county fail for a period of not more than
six months, or be both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion
of the court; and if fined only, shall stand committed until the
fine and costs are paid; the fines to be paid to the county
treasurer for the benefit of the county.

Compensa-
tion.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the members of the said
auditing committee shall be allowed for their services in
auditing the accounts of the boards and officers named in this
act, the sum of three dollars per day each, together with such
expenses for stationery and incidental expenses as the judges
of the Circuit Court for Caroline county may deem proper to
be paid, together with the costs, if any, of summoning
witnesses, and witness fees by the County Commissioners of
Caroline county.

Claims to be
filed.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
said several boards, and they and each of them are hereby
directed and required to notify all persons having claims of
any kind against any of the said boards or against Caroline
county, which are properly payable out of the public funds,
subject to the control of any of said boards, except such as
may be pending in any of the courts of this State, to file said
accounts and claims with the proper boards, so that the same
may be examined and passed upon by the said respective
boards before the second Monday in July in each and every
year after the passage of this act; and any person failing to
file their accounts or claims as aforesaid shall not thereafter be