430 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 254

and 343A of said Article, authorizing the appointment of a
Clerk by the County Commissioners of Somerset County and
providing for the payment of the salary thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 343 of Article 20 of the Code of Public Lo-
cal Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Somerset Coun-
ty'', sub-title "Revenue and Taxes" be and it is hereby re-
pealed, and that two new sections be and they are hereby en-
acted in lieu thereof, to be known as Sections 343 and 343A
of said Article, and to read as follows:

343. The County Commissioners of Somerset County shall
on or before the first day of July, 1939, appoint a Clerk to
the County Commissioners of Somerset County, and, unless
sooner removed for cause, he shall hold office for a term of
two years, and thereafter the said County Commissioners of
Somerset County shall on or before the thirtieth day of June,
1941, and every two years thereafter, appoint such Clerk, and
said Clerk shall receive an annual salary of not more than
Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1, 200. 00), payable monthly by Som-
erset County. The said official shall perform all his duties re-
quired of him by law or which may be required of him by any
order of the County Commissioners of Somerset County, and
he shall also assist the County Treasurer in the collection of
taxes in Somerset County and in the performance of such
other duties as said Treasurer may require.

The said Clerk shall make full, complete and accurate min-
utes of all transactions and proceedings of the Board of
County Commissioners and of all orders passed by said Board,
and record the same in suitable books for such purpose; he
shall endorse, file and number all papers presented to the said
Board and acted upon by the same; he shall each year imme-
diately upon and after the annual assessment and levy make
out the assessment and levy books for each district in the
County, which shall set forth the name of each taxpayer in
said district and alphabetically for each district the aggregate
amount of property, both real and personal, assessed to each
person or persons or corporations for each district; he shall
further keep and carefully preserve all other books and papers
pertaining to the office of the Board of County Commission-
ers of Somerset County; and shall on every secular day, not a
legal holiday, between the hours of nine o'clock A. M. and five
o'clock P. M., at the request of any citizen or taxpayer of said
County, exhibit the assessment and other books in the County
Commissioners' office to such person and make and certify
copies or extracts therefrom, without charge. He shall give
bond in the penalty of Five Thousand Dollars ($5, 000. 00) prop-
erly conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, to