ALBERT C. RITCHIE,, GOVERNOR. 237

Act to add an additional section to Chapter 745 of the Public
Local Laws, entitled 'Washington County,' sub-title 'County
Commissioners/ the same to be known as Section 6A, so as
to read as follows: be and the same is hereby repealed; that
Section 6A of Chapter 745 of the Acts of 1906, entitled "An
Act to provide for the appointment of auditors to examine
the books and accounts of the County Commissioners of Wash-
ington County and to report to the County Commissioners,
and to empower the said County Commissioners to levy taxes
to pay the expenses of the same" be and it is hereby repealed;
and that Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 of said Chapter 745 be
and they are hereby repealed, and re-enacted with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

1. The County Commissioners of Washington County
shall on or before the first day of June, 1920, and annually
thereafter on or before the first day of June, appoint a certi-
fied public accountant of good standing and reputation who
shall be designated as the auditor for Washington County
and who shall hold office for one year from the date of ap-
pointment.

2. The said County Commissioners shall fill any vacancies
that may occur in said office within ten days after the same
is known to exist.

3. The said auditor so appointed shall before entering
upon the discharge of his duties take before the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Washington County the oath prescribed by
the Constitution of the State.

4. The said auditor shall before the first day of September,
1920, and annually thereafter before the first day of Septem-
ber, make a thorough, complete and detailed examination of
all books, papers, accounts and vouchers in the office of the
said County Commissioners of Washington County, and the
office of the Tax Collector of Washington County, and of all
the papers and matters that pertain to or are in any way
connected with the moneys and finances of said county, and
the collection, disbursement and expenditure of the same, and
make a full and complete audit of the same and to file said
audit and accounts with a full report thereon with the said
County Commissioners, which reports, audit and accounts
shall always be open to inspection and examination by any
citizen of the said county who desires to examine the same.

5. The auditor first appointed under the provisions of this