484 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 238
CHAPTER 238.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
25 of Article 18 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "Queen Anne's County, " sub-
title "Auditing Committee, " authorizing the County
Commissioners of said County to appoint a Certified Pub-
lic Accountant in lieu of the Auditing Committee and to
fix his compensation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 25 of Article 18 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Queen Anne's County, " sub-title "Auditing Committee, "
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments to read as follows:

25. It shall be the duty of the judges of the Circuit
Court for Queen Anne's County, annually, on and after
the year 1912, during the May term of said Court, to ap-
point from among the taxable* inhabitants of said county,
without the least reference to their political opinions and
of approved character for competency and integrity, three
persons who shall constitute an auditing committee, whose
duty it shall be to examine carefully the accounts, vouch-
ers, books and papers of the Board of County School Com-
missioners and Treasurer thereof for Queen Anne's Coun-
ty, the Trustees of the Poor of Queen Anne's County, the
County Treasurer of Queen Anne's County and the County
Commissioners of Queen Anne's County, and to report the
same in duplicate, one of said reports to be filed with the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for said county, and one with
the County Commissioners of said County; and the County
Commissioners of said county are hereby directed to cause
said report, immediately upon the filing of the same
with them, to be published in two newspapers pub-
lished in Queen Anne's County, for such length of time as
they shall deem expedient.

Provided, that, the County Commissioners of said Coun-
ty are authorized to appoint before the beginning of the
May term of said Circuit Court a Certified Public Account-
ant to make such examination and to fix his compensation
for such work and, if the County Commissioners make such
appointment, they shall notify the Clerk of said Court in
writing thereof, he shall communicate the same to the
judge thereof, who in such event shall not make the ap-
pointment hereinbefore directed.