986 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 485

laid Commissioners deem proper. Provided that any such
loan shall be repaid during the term of office for which the
Commissioners authorizing it were elected.

Approved April 10th, 1918.

CHAPTER 485.

AN ACT authorizing and directing the Board of County Com-
missioners of Wicomico County to require the books of the
School Board of Wicomico County to be audited by a well-
known and approved firm of certified public accountants,
said audit to begin with the year nineteen hundred and four
and to include the year nineteen hundred and eighteen;
and further authorizing and directing the said Board of
County Commissioners of Wicomico County to cause the
report of'jsaid auditors to be published, and providing for
the payment of the cost of said audit by levying a sufficient
sum of money therefor.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Board of County Commissioners of Wicomico
County are hereby authorized and directed to cause the books
of the School Board to be audited by a well-known and ap-
proved firm of certified public accountants.

The said Board of County Commissioners of Wicomico
County shall cause the said audit to commence with the year
nineteen hundred and four and to include each year thereafter
up to and including the year nineteen hundred and eighteen,
or so much of the said year of 1918 as shall be possible with
the completion of the audit within the said year nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen.

The said Board of County Commissioners of Wicomico
County shall, immediately upon this Act becoming effective,
contract with a well-known and approved firm of certified
public accountants to do the work of auditing the said books
as hereinbefore provided for, and have the said work of so
auditing the said books begin at as early a date as possible
after this Act goes into effect.

The said Board of County Commissioners of Wicomico
County shall direct and require the auditors employed to audit
the said books to make a report upon the completion of the
said audit, showing all of the assets and liabilities, outstand-
ing bond issues, interest owing, notes and other evidences of