WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. Ill

'and one copy with the County Commissioners of Kent
County, and the said County Commissioners are hereby
directed and empowered to publish said report, immedi-
ately upon the filing of the same, in two or more news-
papers, published in Kent County, for such length of time
as the County Commissioners shall deem expedient.

36. It shall be the duty of the said several officers and
boards, and they and each of them are hereby directed and
required to notify all persons having claims of any kind
against any of the said officers or boards or against Kent
County, which are properly payable out of the public
funds, subject to the control of said officers or boards, ex-
cept such as may be pending in any of the courts of this
State, to file said accounts and claims with the proper offi-
cers or boards, so that the same may be examined and
passed upon by the said respective officers or boards before
the thirty-first day of December in each and every year.
Any persons failing to file their accounts or claims as
aforesaid shall not thereafter be permitted to do so, and
shall forfeit all right to collect the same by legal process or
otherwise, unless good and sufficient excuse for such failure
is given to and approved by the officer or Board with which
the said account or claim is offered to be filed. The said
several boards and officers are hereby directed and re-
quired, when requested by the said Accountant, to submit
to him all books, accounts, and other papers relating to the
receipt and disbursement of the public funds in their
hands or subject to their control; and the said several
boards and officers shall in every way expedite and facili-
tate the work of the said Accountant, to the end that the
true financial status and condition of the said several
boards and officers, and of Kent County, may be fully and
accurately determined.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1949.

Approved March 31, 1949.

CHAPTER 91

(Senate Bill 168)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 41 and 42 of Article 15 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),
title "Kent County", sub-title "Betterton", said sec-