966 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 460

hundred and seventy-five dollars ($2, 375); and the County
Commissioners are hereby forbidden to increase said salary
or to give any extra compensation to the said Clerk for any
work he may do in hi& office.

317. They may annually appoint a Deputy Clerk to
assist the Clerk to the County Commissioners, who before
entering upon the duties of his office shall take oath and
give bond in the penalty of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10, -
000. 00), and in the same manner and form as now re-
quired by law of the Clerk to said County Commissioners;
and the surety on said bond shall be some surety company
authorized to do business in the State of Maryland, and
the premium on said bond shall be paid by the County
Commissioners of Prince George's County; which Deputy
Clerk in the absence of the Clerk shall act in his place and
stead, and be vested with his authority, and the Deputy
Clerk shall receive a salary of not more than Eleven Hun-
dred and Forty Dollars ($1, 140) per annum; but nothing
in this Act shall prevent the appointment of the same indi-
vidual as County Road Clerk at the salary now fixed by law
for said Road Clerk, and the total salary so received as the
Deputy Clerk to the County Commissioners and as Clerk to
said Road Board shall not exceed Seventeen Hundred and
Ten Dollars ($1, 710. 00) per annum.

318. They shall in the month of March, 1914, and every
two years thereafter appoint a Transfer Clerk and Auditor
for Prince George's County, who shall, subject to the con-
trol direction and decision of the said County Commis-
sioners, correct and keep the assessment books of Prince
George's County so that the same will truly show the actual
owner or owners of each piece of property thereon. To this
end said Transfer Clerk and Auditor shall diligently hunt
for and ascertain the true owner or owners of all property
on said books not in their respective name or names, also
every transfer of property by deed, decree, will, descent or
otherwise, and report the same fully at least monthly to
the County Commissioners, and said Transfer Clerk and
Auditor shall also, as soon as practicable, after the last of
March in each and every year, audit the accounts of said
County Commissioners, the Treasurer of said county and
the Board of County Road Directors for said county for
the year preceding the last Monday in March and report
the same together with a full statement of the financial
condition of the County Commissioners of Prince George's
County to said Commissioners, and the said report shall be