The citizen., 1914-05-29

until the fine and costs are paid; the fines
to be paid to the County Treasurer for the
benefit of the County.
Section 5. The members of the said Au-
diting Committee shall be allowed for
their services in auditing the accounts of
the boards and officers named in this Act,
the sum Of four dollars per day each to-
gether with such expenses for stationery
and incidental expenses as the Judges of
the Circuit Coart for Frederick County
may deem proper to be paid together with
the costs, if any, of summoning witnesses,
and witness fees by the County Commits
sioners of Frederick County
Section 6. IT. shall be the duty of the
said several boards, and they and each of
them are hereby directed and required to
notify all persons having claims of any
kind against any of the said boards or
against Frederick County, which are prop
erly payable out of the public funds, sub
ject to the control of any of said boards
except such as may be pending in any of
the Courts of this State, to file said ac-
counts and claims with the proper boards,
so that the same may be examined and
passed upon by the said respective boards
before the second Monday in July in each
and every year after the passage of this
Act; and any person failing to file their
accounts or claims as aforesaid shall not
thereafter be permitted to do so, and shall
forfeit all right to collect the same by legal
process or otherwise, unless good and suffi-
cient excuse for such failure is given to
and approved by the board with which the
said account or claim is offered to be filed
the said several boards and officers are
hereby directed and required, when re-
quested by the said Auditing Committee
or any member thereof, to lay before the
said Auditing Committee, all books ac-
counts, vouchers, and other papers relating
to the receipt and disbursement of the
public funds i'll their hands or subject to
their control; and the said several boards
and officers shall in every way expedite
and facilitate the work of the said Auditing
Committee, to the end that the true finan-
'ial status and coalition of the said several
boards and officers. and of Frederick
County, may be fully and accurately de-
trllnncd.
Section Z. THAT + the purpose of show
ing the true and financial condition of the
County at the time of making the audit as
provided i'll the preceding Sections the
Clerk of the County Commissioners of
Frederick County shall endorse on all
| claims or accounts against the County the
date when the same are presented and
shall also enterin well bound book to be
kept for that purpose said claims or ac-
| counts, showing the name of the creditor,
the date when such claim is presented, and
the character and amount thereof, and also
the date said claim or account is passed by
said Commissioners, and also the amount
allowed by them; and it shall not be law
ful for the said clerk to allow or permit
any account or claim presented against
said County to be taken out of his office
until the same has been entered as herein
before prescribed.
Section s. And be it enacted, That this
Act shall take effect from the date of it's
passage.
Approved April 10, 1914
p L. GOLDSBOROUGH,
Governor.
JAMES MCC. TRIPPE,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
JESSE d. PRICE,
President of the Senate
Office of the Chief Clerk of the House.
| Hereby Certify, I hat the aforeooing is
true copy Of an Act of the General As
sembly Of Maryland passed at the January
Session, 1914.
ALBERT J. ALMONEY,
Chief Clerk of the House.
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