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evidence of indebtedness for the same, and in such sums
and payable at such times as they may by ordinance pre-
scribe; provided that the payment of said bonds or other
evidences of indebtedness issued under the authority of
this section and the interest thereon must be made by the
commissioners from the general taxes levied for the use
of the town under the power of this act conferred, or from
the general funds of the town, the levying or collecting any
special tax for the payment of such bonds or other evi-
dences of indebtedness being expressly prohibited.

322R. (400S). The Commissioners of Queen Anne
shall hereafter have the exclusive charge and control of
the roads, streets and bridges within the limits of said
town of Queen Anne and the construction and repair of
the same, and said County Commissioners shall not be
personally liable therefor. The said Commissioners of
Queen Anne shall certify in writing to the said County
Commissioners of Queen Anne's and Talbot Counties be-
fore the third Monday in October, nineteen hundred and
fifty-three, and annually thereafter on or before the third
Monday of October in each year, the total amount of
assessed property, real and personal, subject to taxation
by the said Commissioners of Queen Anne on the first
Monday of October preceding said third Monday of
October.

322S. (400T). The Commissioners shall in the month
of April in each year employ a certified public accountant
to make an audit of the books, accounts, statements and
records relating to the financial affairs of the town for the
preceding fiscal year. Said accountant shall have no con-
nection with or relation to the town government or any
of its officers or employees. Upon completion of said audit,
the said accountant shall prepare a report thereon and
submit the same, together with his recommendations, if
any, to the Commissioners on or before the fourth Monday
in April, and said report shall be of public record open to
public inspection during business hours at the office of the
Commissioners.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and
safety and having been passed by a yea and nay vote,
supported by three-fifths of all of the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved February 25, 1953.