The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-10-23
CHAPTER $40.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Section 1S1 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Prince
Georges County, subtitle County
Commissioners" as enacted by Chap
ter Ali of the Acts of the General As
sembly of Maryland at the Session of
1902, as codified by chapter % of the
Acts of 1912.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of MARYLAND, That
section 1S1 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Prince Georges county, sub
title county commissioners, as enacted
by chapter All of the Acts of the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland at the ses-
sion of 1902. as coditied by chapter %
of the Acts of 1912, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amen dments so as to read as follows:
Section 181. They shall in the month
of March, 1914, and every two years
thereafter appoint a transfer clerk and
auditor for Prince Georges county,
who shall, subject to the control, direc-
ton and decision of the said county
commissioners, correct and keep the
assessment books of Prince Georges
county so that the same will truly show
the actual owner or owners of each
piece of property thereon. To this
end said transfer clerk and auditor
shall diligently hunt and ascertain the
true owner or owners of all property
on said books not in their respective
name or names, also every transfer of
property by deed, decree, will, descent
or otherwise, and report the same fully
at least monthly to the county commits
sioners, and said transfer clerk and
auditor shall also, as soon as practical
BILE, after the last of March in each and
every year, audit the accounts of said
county commissioners, the treasurer of
said C, unity and the board of county
| road directors for said county for the
year preceding the last Monday in
| March, and report the same, together
| with full statement of the financial
condition of the county commissioners
or Prince Georges county to said COM
missioners, and the said report shall be
| published in the newspaper having the
| county printing and be embraced in the
| annual contract for such printing. The
said transfer clerk and auditor shall
also perform such other and further
| duties as the county commissioners of
| Prince Georges county may impose
| upon him.
Before entering upon the duties of
his Office said transfer clerk and audi
tor shall take oath before any of said
| county commissioners that he will dill
| igentlY without partialitY or prejudice,
discharge the duties of his office, and he
shall be entitled to salary of nine hun
| dred dollars a year, which salary shall
be in full for any and all services rem
dered by said transfer clerk and auditor
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted,
that said transfer clerk and auditor
shall be subject to removal at any time
by said county commissioners after d
public hearing upon notice of written
charges preferred against him.
| SEC. 3. And be it further enacted
| That this Act shall take effect from the
date of its passage.
| Approved April -, 1914.
P. l.. GOLDSBOROUGH,
| Governor.
| JAMES Nice. Triple,
Speaker of the House of Delegates
JESSE D. PRICE,
| President of the Senate
| Office of the Chief Clerk of the House
| Hereby Certify, That the aforego.
ing is true copy of an Act of the Gen.
eral Assembly of Maryland, passed al
the January session, 1914.
ALBERT J. ALMONEY,
Chief Clerk of the House