730                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 516

CHAPTER 516
(House Bill 446)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 501 (a)
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Garrett County, (1957 Edition,
being Article 12 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland),
title "Garrett County", sub-title "Reports", to revise the require-
ments for the TIME, form and content of the annual statement of
receipts and expenditures of the Board of County Commissioners
of Garrett County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 501 (a) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Garrett
County (1957 Edition, being Article 12 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Garrett County", sub-title "Reports", be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

501. (a) The Board of County Commissioners of Garrett County
shall publish, during the second month next succeeding the close of
its fiscal year, [a detailed, minute and] an accurate statement of all
receipts and expenditures of said Board for the preceding year [;
said report shall specify each particular item of expense and for
what and to whom paid, and as to receipts, from whom and for what
received, but when several amounts have been paid to or received
from the same party and for the same purpose, it shall be sufficient
to combine the same into one item and publish the total amount so
paid or received]. Said report shall show all amounts of cash on
hand or on deposit at the beginning and end of the fiscal year covered
by said statement and the total indebtedness, both funded and un-
funded, and the total amount of unpaid obligations or warrants,
owing by the County at the beginning and end of said fiscal period.
Said report shall be prepared by the Clerk to the County Commis-
sioners and shall be sworn to by said Clerk and also the President
of said Board. The aforesaid publication shall be made in the county
newspaper which submits the lowest bid for publishing the annual
statements herein required; if the bids so received from county news-
papers for such publication are in the same amount or too high accord-
ing to the judgment of the Board of County Commissioners then in
lieu of such publication in a county newspaper, the said Board shall
publish or set forth in pamphlet form the annual statements herein
required, the same to be given or sent to any citizen of the county
upon application therefor. In event said report is published in one
of the county newspapers, the board having same published shall
cause to be printed such number of copies thereof, in pamphlet form,
as said board shall determine will be sufficient to meet the require-
ments of any taxpayers who may desire the same, the bids submitted
by the publishers to include the cost of this printing.

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

Approved April 24, 1961.

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.