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to administer oaths and affirmations to any person or persons
so summoned before him and shall require him, her, it or them
to answer under oath all such questions as shall be propounded
to him, her, it or them by said accountant touching the ac-
counts, vouchers, books, papers, proceedings or any other
thing pertaining to said Board of County School Commis-
sioners and Treasurer thereof, County Treasurers, County
Commissioners for Caroline County, Trial Magistrates, Con-
stables, State's Attorneys and all other officers or agencies
of Caroline County collecting, receiving or disbursing county
funds, and in case any person or persons after being sum-
moned to appear before said accountant shall refuse or
neglect to attend in accordance with the requirements of
said summons or shall refuse to be sworn or affirmed, or
being sworn or affirmed shall refuse to answer, the person
so refusing shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, before any Court of competent juris-
diction, shall be fined not to exceed one hundred dollars for
each and every refusal to answer or to be sworn or affirmed
and shall stand committed until the fine and costs are paid.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted., That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved March 16, 1945.

CHAPTER 297.

(House Bill 184)

AN ACT to create a committee to study the need for a State
Office Building in Baltimore City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That there shall be a committee of seven (7) members,
composed of the Board of Public Works, the Director of the
Budget and Procurement, and three persons to be appointed by
the Governor. The members shall serve without compensation.

The Committee shall study the question of acquisition or
erection by the State of Maryland of a building or buildings in
Baltimore City to house all offices of the departments and
agencies of the State of Maryland, which are now or may here-
after be located in Baltimore City.

The Committee shall study and recommend, among other
things, what departments and agencies of the State should be
included, whether a suitable building exists, or a new one
should be erected, and, if feasible, indicating suitable loca-