1206 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sistants, at such salaries as he may deem necessary, subject to
the approval of the Comptroller, and the State Auditor shall
also be allowed the sum of Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000) in
each and every year for the salaries of the assistants and for

such expenses of his office as may be audited by the Comp-
troller, who shall issue his warrant for each monthly payment
of the salaries of the assistants and for such an amount of
monthly expenses as said Comptroller may allow. The Deputy
State Auditor and all assistants appointed by the State Auditor

shall perform his and their duties under the direction of the
State Auditor.

218. The State Auditor, with the aid of the Deputy State
Auditors and the assistants shall on or before the first day of
December in each and every year make an examination of the
books and accounts of all Clerks of Courts, Reports, Register of
Wills, Sheriffs, State's Attorneys, and all Collectors of State
Taxes of the State of Maryland, including the City of Balti-
more. He shall also with the aid of the Deputy S$ate Auditors
and the assistants, on or before the first day of October in each
and every year examine the books and accounts of the State
Tobacco Warehouse, and such other accounts of State offices
not herein enumerated as the Board of Public Works may direct.
He shall also with the aid of the Deputy State Auditors and
the assistants on or before the first day of December in each
and every year make an examination of the books and accounts
of all institutions in the State receiving State aid. He or the
Deputy State Auditors shall personally visit all of the afore-
said offices and Institutions at least once a year, and oftener, if
in his judgment it is necessary to do so. The State Auditor
shall on or before the first day of December in each year make
a full and detailed report in writing to the Board of Public
Works of the result of his examination of the books and ac-
counts of the officers and institutions so examined by him. It
shall be his duty in such annual reports to make suggestions
as to changes in the conduct of such offices and institutions and
in the method of keeping the books and accounts in the offices
and institutions examined by him; and also as to changes in the
form of the reports made by said officers to the Comptroller.
It shall also be the duty of the State Auditor to report all vio-
lations of the law in the conduct of such offices and in the keep-
ing of the books and accounts of the offices and institutions ex-
amined by him to the Board of Public Works, and to make such
suggestions as to amendments of the laws of the State as he may