HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 717

in the hands of the Treasurer and not accounted for by him; the
amount of each and every appropriation made by the Board in
the form of a separate account for each appropriation, and of
each and every warrant drawn by the Board thereon, with the
name of the person to whom such warrant was drawn, the num-
ber, date and amount thereof, and also of its payment by the
treasurer or any other financial agent of the County on whom
drawn, as soon as such payment shall have been reported
unto the Board, and he shall in all respects so keep such books
that on any day the financial condition of the County and the
status of any appropriation may be exactly and truly known
immediately upon examination of said books and of the sev-
eral accounts therein; he shall also keep a warrant book of
Wicomico County, from which he shall make out every war-
rant which shall authorize the Treasurer of the County or
any other financial agent of the County to pay out to any
person or corporation, whatsoever, any sum of money, which
warrant book, besides the warrant to be removed therefrom
after execution thereof by the President of Board of County
Commissioners and by such officer as Clerk of the County
Commissioners, shall contain a corresponding duplicate stub,
in which at the time of the filling up of said warrant, and
before its removal from the book, he shall make full entry of
the number, date and the amount of such warrant, the name
of the person to whom issued, and upon whom drawn, the
appropriation against which drawn, and reference to the page
of the Journal of the Board, wherein is the entry of order for
such warrant; and no warrant shall at any time be issued^
except after all the aforesaid shall have been done. He shall
further keep and carefully preserve all such books and papers
in the office of said County Commissioners, and shall on any
secular day, not a legal holiday, between the hours of 9 o'clock
A. M. and 4 o'clock P. M. at the request of any citizen or tax-
payer of said County exhibit the same to such person, and
make and certify copies or extracts therefrom, without charge.
He shall give bond in the penalty of Ten Thousand Dollars
for the faithful performance of his duties, to be secured by
a bonding company, the premium on said bond to be paid by
the County Commissioners and to be approved by the said
Commissioners, and he shall qualify under the State Consti-
tution. He shall examine each monthly, quarterly and annual
report made by the County Treasurer, and certify to the cor-
rectness of all such reports as soon as practical thereafter.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved May 4, 1943.