716 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 563

to County Commissioners", as amended by Chapter 207 of
the Acts of 1937, providing for appointment, term, salary
and bond of the Clerk to the County Commissioners of
Wicomico County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 202 of Article 23 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, (1930 Edition)), title "Wicomico
County", sub-title "Clerk to County Commissioners", as
amended by Chapter 207 of the Acts of 1937, be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as
follows:

202. The County Commissioners of Wicomico County shall
on or before the thirty-first day of December, 1944 and
every two years thereafter, appoint such clerk, and, un-
less sooner removed for cause, he shall hold his office for
two years from the first day of January next succeeding
his appointment, and shall receive an annual salary
not to exceed Eighteen Hundred Dollars, payable monthly
by Wicomico County. The said official shall perform
all his duties and services now required by law or which
may hereafter be required of him by law, or which may
hereafter be required of him by any order of the County
Commissioners. He shall make full, complete and accurate
minutes 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 and durably bound volumes
with index to facilitate reference to all such transactions,
proceedings and orders; he shall endorse, file, number and
index all papers presented to the said board and acted upon
by the same, and so arrange, keep and preserve them that
by reference to such index and number such papers may at
any time and all times be readily found; he shall each year
immediately upon and after the annual assessment and levy
make out the assessment and levy book for each district in
the County, which shall set forth the name of each taxpayer
in said district and alphabetically for each district the aggre-
gate amount of property, both real and personal assessed to
each person or persons, or corporation, for each district, and
the amount of State and County taxes due by each, together
with the rate of State and County tax opposite each tax-
payer's name. He shall keep all necessary, suitable and ap-
propriate books of accounts and therein enter in a clear,
accurate and business-like manner all the financial transac-
tions of the County, and particularly showing from day to
day, and at all times the amount of County moneys, securities
and property in the hands of the County Treasurer or any
other fiduciary officer of the County, the amount of taxes placed