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hours prior to the occurrence of the injury or damage, unless
the. attention of the Mayor or Engineer shall have been called
thereto by notice thereof in writing at least twenty-four hours
prior to the occurrence of the injury or damage and proper
diligence has not. been used to rectify the defect or cause said
accumulations of snow or ice to be removed after actually
known or called to the attention of the Mayor and City Engi-

neer as aforesaid.

90. The Mayor and City Council of Cumberland shall, on
the first Monday in June, 1922, and every two years there-
after, appoint for said city, a certified public accountant, who
is skilled in the examination and adjustment of books and ac-
counts.

91. As soon as practicable after his appointment as afore-
said, it shall be the duty of said certified public accountant, to
carefully examine, settle and adjust the books and accounts of
every officer of said city, who shall, in the course of his official
business, receive any moneys belonging to the said city, and
shall ascertain whether said officers of the said city have com-
plied with the laws and city ordinances in the discharge of
their official duties; as soon as practicable after said certified
public accountant has completed his work as aforesaid, it shall
be his duty to make a full and complete report thereof to the
Mayor and City Council, showing the state of accounts be-
tween the said city and said officers; and if any of said officers
have not complied with the laws and ordinances of said city in
the discharge of their official duties the said certified public
accountant shall call special attention thereto in said report.

92. It shall be the duty of every officer of said city men-
tioned in the preceding section to deliver to said certified pub-
lic accountant whenever he (said certified public accountant)
shall demand the same to be examined by him as aforesaid, all
his books, papers and accounts with the said city. Any such
officer who fails or refuses to deliver to said certified public
accountant his books, papers and accounts, as aforesaid, after
said certified public accountant has demanded the same, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction there-
of shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more
than five hundred dollars; all such fines shall be paid into the
city treasury.

93. Any such report of said certified public accountant as
is mentioned in the section of this Act shall be taken as prima