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County. Provided, further, that this section shall not apply to Car-
roll and Frederick counties, but that in Carroll County the County
Commissioners shall publish annually in each newspaper in said
county and in Frederick County the County Commissioners shall
publish annually in at least two newspapers in said county a state-
ment of the receipts and expenses of said county in sufficient detail
to inform the general public, with reasonable clarity, the source
of such receipts and the nature of such expenses. Provided, how-
ever, that in Calvert County the County Commissioners, shall in
addition to the aforesaid requirements of this section, make out,
publish and deliver as aforesaid, an accurate statement of the re-
ceipts of said county; said statement shall list the receipts from
(1) taxes, (2) licenses and permits, (3) fines and forfeitures, (4)
use of money and property, (5) from other agencies, (6) charges
for current services, (7) proceeds from bonds and certificates of
indebtedness, and (8) miscellaneous. [Provided that only so much
of this section as requires newspaper publication of county ex-
penses shall apply to Washington County, but the Sheriff of Wash-
ington County shall not be required to set up copies at the place
of holding elections in each election district.] In Washington County
no itemized statement of county expenses shall be published, pro-
vided the County Commissioners shall publish a summary by major
budget categories of the receipts and expenses of the county in at
least one newspaper published in the county and provided that an
itemized statement of receipts and expenses is available for public
examination in the office of the County Treasurer.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 271
(House Bill 264)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 125 (e)
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Howard County (1957 Edi-
tion, being Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land), title "Howard County," subtitle "Metropolitan Commission,"
relating to the Metropolitan Commission in Howard County and
making certain charges CHANGES in financial statements re-
quired to be published.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 125 (e) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Howard
County (1957 Edition, being Article 14 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Howard County," subtitle "Metropolitan
Commission," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

125.

(e) All checks issued by said Commission shall be countersigned
by the Chairman. The said Commission shall annually have its ac-