Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                    589

ning with the year 1943, and every two years thereafter,] appoint
a clerk to the County Commissioners of said County, and [unless
sooner removed for cause] he shall hold his office [for two years
from the 1st day of July next succeeding his appointment] at the
pleasure of said Commissioners; and shall receive [an annual salary
not exceeding sixteen hundred dollars ($1,600.00), payable monthly,
by Dorchester County] such sum as compensation for said duties
as the County Commissioners may prescribe.

(b) The said official shall perform all the duties and services now
required by law or which may hereafter be required of him by law,
or which may be required of him by any order of the County Com-
missioners. He shall make full, complete and accurate minutes of
all transactions and proceedings of the Board of County Commis-
sioners and of all orders passed by said board, and record the same
in suitable and durably bound volumes with index to facilitate refer-
ence to all such transactions, proceedings and orders; he shall en-
dorse, file, number and index all papers presented to the said board
and acted upon by the same, and so arrange, keep and preserve them
that by reference to such index and number such papers may at
any and all times be readily found; he shall each year immediately
upon and after the annual assessment and levy make out the assess-
ment and levy book for each district in the county, which shall set
forth the name of each taxpayer in said district and alphabetically
for each district the aggregate amount of property, both real and
personal assessed to each person, or persons, or corporation, for
each district, and the amount of State and county taxes due by each,
together with the rate of State and county tax opposite each tax-
payer's name. He shall keep all necessary, suitable and appropriate
books of accounts and therein enter in a clear, accurate and business
like manner all the financial transactions of the county, and particu-
larly showing from day to day, and at all times the amount of county
moneys, securities and property in the hands of the county treasurer
or any other fiduciary officer of the county, the amount of taxes
placed in the hands of the Treasurer and not accounted for by him;
the amount of each and every appropriation made by the board in
the form of a separate account for each appropriation, and of each
and every warrant drawn by the board thereon, with the name of
the person to whom such warrant was drawn, the number, date and
amount thereof, and also of its payment by the Treasurer or any
other financial agent of the county on whom drawn, as soon as such
payment shall have been reported unto the Board, and he shall in
all respects so keep such books, that on any day the financial condi-
tion of the county and the status of any appropriation may be exactly
and truly known immediately upon examination of such books and
of the several accounts therein; he shall also keep a warrant book
of Dorchester County, from which he shall make out every warrant
which shall authorize the Treasurer of the county or any other fi-
nancial agent of the county to pay out to any person or corporation,
whatsoever, any sum of money, which warrant book, besides the
warrant to be removed therefrom after execution thereof by the
President of the Board of County Commissioners, and by such of-
ficer as clerk of the County Commissioners, shall contain a corres-
ponding duplicate or stub, in which at the time of the filling up of
said warrant, and before its removal from the book, he shall make
full entry of the number, date and the amount of such warrant, the
name of the person to whom issued, upon whom drawn, the ap-