PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1605

who, as to power, rights, duties and liabilities, both civil and
criminal, and these affecting his bond or bondsmen, shall be in
all respects in the same position as State and County collectors
of taxes, except as herein provided.

SEC. 121-G. The County Commissioners of Dorchester
County shall between the first day of January and the first day
of April, beginning with the year 1915, and every two years
thereafter, appoint a Clerk to the County Commissioners of
said County, and unless sooner removed for cause he shall hold
his 'office for two years from the 1st day of July next succeed-
ing his appointment; and shall receive an annual salary of
One Thousand Dollars, payable monthly, by Dorchester County.
The said official shall perform all the duties and services now
required by law or which may hereafter be required of him
by law, or which may be required of him by any order of the
County Commissioners. He shall make full, complete and
accurate minutes of all transactions and proceedings of the
Board of County Commissioners and of all orders passed by
said board, and record the same in suitable and durably bound
volumes with index to facilitate reference to all such transac-
tions, proceedings and orders; he shall endorse, file, number
and index all papers presented to the said board and acted
upon by the same, and so arrange, keep and preserve them
that by reference to such index and number such papers may
at any and all times be readily found; he shall each year im-
mediately upon and after the annual assessment and levy
make out the assessment and levy book for each district in the
County, which shall set forth the name of each taxpayer in said
district and alphabetically for each district the (aggregate
amount of property, both real and personal assessed to each
person, or persons, or corporation, for each district, and the
amount of State and County taxes due by each, together with
the rate of State and County tax opposite each taxpayer's
name. He shall keep all necessary, suitable and appropriate
books of accounts and therein enter in a clear, accurate and
business-like, manner all the financial transactions of the County,
and particularly showing from day to day, and at all times the
amount of County moneys, securities and property in the hands
of the County Treasurer or any other fiduciary officer of the
County, the amount of taxes placed in the hands of the Treas-
urer and not accounted for by him; the amount of each and
every appropriation made by the Board in the form of a sepa-
rate account for each appropriation, and of each and every
warrant drawn by the Board thereon, with the name of the