WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 703

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 149 of Article 10 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Dorchester Coun-
ty, " sub-title County Commissioners and Treasurer, " sub-
heading "Board of Estimates, " as said section was amended
by Chapter 730 of the Acts of 1943, be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

149. (a) (During the month of April of each and every
year, beginning with the month of April, 1916, the Board
of County Commissioners of Dorchester County, in addi-
tion to their functions as such body as now fixed by law,
shall be, and it is hereby constituted "The Board of Esti-
mates for Dorchester County, " and the secretary or clerk
to the said Board of County Commissioners, which is now
provided by law, shall also act as secretary to the said
Board of Estimates; and during the month of December,
of each and every year, it shall be the duty of the said
Board of Estimates, and it shall make a correct, thorough
and complete list or schedule of all the resources or sources
of revenue except bank balances and unpaid taxes
from which any income to the county will accrue or
be derived during the ensuing fiscal year, which sched-
ule they or a majority of the said board shall sign and their
signatures thereto shall be attested by their secretary and
the members of the said board signing the said schedule
shall make affidavit as to its correctness and that it con-
tains all of the sources of revenue of the county, upon
which the said board shall file the said schedule with the
county treasurer.

(b) After making said schedule, the said Board
of estimates shall by an affirmative vote of a majority
of all the members thereof, make out a list of moneys,
expenditures, disbursements, or estimates showing for
what particular purpose all money is to be appropri-
ated by the County Commissioners for the next ensuing
fiscal year, each estimate shall be in full detail and to
plainly show for what purpose and in what amount the
money so appropriated is to be expended, and the said
Board of Estimates or a majority of the members thereof
shall sign the said list of estimates and their signatures
thereto be attested by their secretary; and the said board
or a majority of the members thereof shall certify that
each and every estimate in said list is in their opinion, a
necessary and proper estimate, after which they shall file
the said list of estimates with the county treasurer, and
both the schedule of resources and also the said list of esti-