476 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 428

other expenditures as shall have been previously and specific-
ally ordered by the Board in session; and, fifth, such sum as
may be necessary, not to exceed Six Hundred Dollars (f 600. 00)
per year to defray the expenses incurred in the performance
of the duties of his office, and the same shall be reported under
oath by said Sheriff to the said Board of Commissioners once in
each month in writing, which oath shall show that the ex-
penditures above enumerated when made are, correct and have
been honestly and lawfully incurred, and that the Sheriff him-
self has not derived profit from the purchase thereof, or con-
sumed or appropriated to himself any part of such purchase;
that each expenditure or purchase was reasonable and neces-
sary, and the price thereof was not in excess of the market
price therefor; which report and affidavit shall be accompanied
by properly itemized vouchers or certificates showing from
whom and for what purpose the same was made. The said
Sheriff shall also include in said monthly report a full state-
ment of all fines and costs by him collected, and shall pay the
same over promptly to the County Treasurer. Any violation
of the requirements of this Act or failure to comply herewith
shall constitute a misdemeanor, and shall be punished upon
conviction by forfeiture of office or fine or imprisonment, or
by all three, in the discretion of the Court.

SEC. 2 And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation of the public health and safety, and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of
its passage.

Approved April 30, 1943.

CHAPTER 428.
(House Bill 478)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 270
of Article 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Worcester County", sub-title "Reve-
nue and Taxes", as said section was amended by Chapter
127 of the Acts of 1936 (Special Session), relating to the
compensation of the Deputy Treasurer and Clerk to the
Treasurer of Worcester County.