24 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 21

the office of the County Commissioners during all regular
business hours.

466C. During the period from October 1st to November
1st in each year, the County Commissioners of Harford
County are authorized and empowered to revise the proposed
budget and any part thereof by increasing, decreasing, elimi-
nating or adding items provided that there shall be no con-
solidation of items in such manner as to reduce the detailed
statement of the appropriations. They shall further be au-
thorized to revise the schedule of anticipated receipts and
estimated rate in such manner as they may deem necessary.
No later than November 1st in each year, or on the first day
thereafter, if November 1st be a legal holiday, the County
Commissioners of Harford County shall by a majority vote
adopt the final budget, schedule of anticipated receipts, fix
the tax rate and impose the levy for the ensuing fiscal year.
Such levy together with any surplus county funds and all
other revenues from all other sources as shown by the
schedule of anticipated receipts, must be sufficient to cover
the total appropriations in the budget. The final budget,
schedule of anticipated receipts and levies so adopted shall
be signed by a majority of the County Commissioners, certi-
fied by their Clerk, and at least one copy kept on record at
the office of the County Commissioners, open to public in-
spection during regular business hours throughout the fiscal
year which it covers.

466D. With the written approval of the County Commis-
sioners, funds appropriated for a particular use of a county
agency may be expended for another use of the same agency,
but no county agency may expend, in the aggregate, in any
fiscal year, more than the total amount appropriated to
such agency under the budget, except as hereinafter provid-
ed. Upon the application of any county agency to the County
Commissioners, said Commissioners may increase the appro-
priation for such agency by transferring thereto a part or
all of any other amounts appropriated to any other county
agency, by appropriating thereto a sum or sums from the
Contingent Fund, or revenues received in excess of estimates.
The consideration of any such application shall be had at a
regular session of the County Commissioners, and the action
of the County Commissioners shall be evidenced by a written
order signed by a majority of said Commissioners.

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

Approved March 4, 1949.