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removed therefrom after execution thereof by the President of the
Board of County Commissioners, and by such officer as Clerk of the
County Commissioners, shall contain a corresponding duplicate stub,
in which at the time of the filling up OUT 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, and upon whom drawn, the appropriation against which
drawn, and reference to the page of the journal of the Board,
wherein is the entry of order for such warrant; and no warrant
shall at any time be issued, except after all the aforesaid shall have
been done.

(e)   The Administrative Director shall serve as Purchasing Agent
for the County Commissioners of Wicomico County pursuant to such
rules and regulations as may be established by resolution of the said
County Commissioners.

(f)  He shall further keep and carefully preserve all such books
and papers in the office of said County Commissioners, and shall on
any secular day, not a legal holiday, between the hours of 9 o'clock
A.M. and 4 o'clock P.M., at the request of any citizen or taxpayer of
said County exhibit the same to such person, and make and certify
copies or extracts therefrom, without charge. He shall give bond in
the penalty of Ten Thousand Dollars for the faithful performance
of his duties, to be secured by a bonding company, the premium of
said bond to be paid by the County Commissioners and to be ap-
proved by the said Commissioners, and he shall qualify under the
State Constitution. He shall examine each monthly, quarterly and
annual report made by the County Treasurer, and certify to the cor-
rectness of all such reports as soon as practical thereafter. The first
term of office of said official shall end on the [thirty-first day of
December, 1948] thirty-first day of December, 1962, and every two
years thereafter said Commissioners shall appoint such [Secretary]
administrative director, and, unless sooner removed for cause, he
shall hold his office for two years from the first day of January next
succeeding his appointment.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved March 23, 1961.

CHAPTER 148
(Senate Bill 279)

AN ACT to add new Section 183B(8A) to Article 18 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 .Edition), title "Queen
Anne's County", sub-title "County Commissioners", to follow im-
mediately after Section 183B(8) thereof, Section 183B thereof
having been added by Chapter 275 of 1957, to authorize the County

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