1606 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

person to whom such warrant was drawn, the number, date
and amount thereof, and also of its payment by the Treasurer
or any other financial agent of the County on whom drawn,
as soon as such payment shall have been reported unto the
Board, and he shall in all respects so keep such books, that on
any day the financial condition of the County and the status
of any appropriation may be exactly and truly known immedi-
ately upon examination of such books and of the several ac-
counts therein; he shall also keep a warrant book of Dorchester
County, from which he shall make out every warrant which
shall authorize the Treasurer of the County or any other finan-
cial agent of the County to pay out to any person or corpora-
tion, whatsoever, any sum of money, which warrant book, be-
sides the warrant to be removed therefrom after execution
thereof by the President of Board of County Commissioners,
and by such officer as Clerk of the County Commissioners,
shall contain a corresponding duplicate or stub, in which at the
time of the filling up of said warrant, and before its removal
from the book, he shall make full entry of the number, date
and the amount of such warrant, the name of the person to
whom issued, upon whom drawn, the appropriation against
which drawn, and reference to the page of the Journal of the
Board, wherein is the entry of order for such warrant; and
no warrant shall at any time be issued, except after all the
aforesaid shall have been done. He shall further keep and
carefully preserve all such books and papers in the office of said
County Commissioners; and shall on any secular day, not a
legal holiday, between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 4
o'clock P. M. at the request of any citizen or taxpayer of said
County exhibit the same to such person, and make and certify
copies or extracts therefrom, without charge. He shall give
bond in the penalty of Ten Thousand Dollars for the faithful
performance of his duties, to be secured by a Bonding Com-
pany, the premium on said Bond to be paid by the County
Commissioners, and to be approved by the said Commissioners,
and he shall qualify under the State Constitution. He shall
countersign all checks issued by the County Treasurer in pay-
ment of warrants for bills against Dorchester County; and shall
examine each monthly, quarterly and annual report made by
the County Treasurer, and certify to the correctness of all such
reports as soon as practical thereafter.

SEC. 121 H. In the case of any mortgage now of record
among the Mortgage Records of Dorchester County, or that