Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-05-20

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section shall not apply to any
papers prepared by or for counsel
for use in actions or proceedings
to which the County is a party
or for use in any investigation
authorized by or under this Char
ter.
SEC. 8. Inspection of Books,
Accounts and Papers. All books,
accounts and papers of any de-
partment, except police books and
papers and individual case rec
ords of the Departments of Educa-
ton, Health, and Welfare, shall
at all times be open to the in
spection of any taxpayer, subject
to such reasonable rules and reg
ulations in regard to the time
and manner of such inspection as
the County Manager with the ap-
prevail of the County Council in
Executive Session may make. In
case such inspection shall be re-
fused, such taxpayer, ON his
sworn petition, describing the
particular book, account, or paper
that he desires to inspect, may,
upon notice of not less than one
day, apply to any judge of the
Circuit Court for an order that
he be allowed to make such in
spection as such judge shall by
his order authorize. This section
shall not apply to any papers
prepared by or for counsel for
use in actions or proceedings to
which the County is a party or
for use in any investigation au-
thorized by or under this Charter.
SEC. a. Independent Audit. a.
A complete independent audit of
all financial dealings, transactions,
books, and records of the County
and its officials and employees re-
ceiving and disbursing public
funds of the County or handled
by the County for other agencies,
shall be made at least annually.
For this purpose the County
Council shall contract with firm
of certified public accountants Sc
lected on the basis of their
knowledge of the procedure and
principles of public accounting
and auditing and experience with
such accounting and auditing.
b. The complete audit shall be
filed with the County Council and
copies thereof shall thereupon be
made available to the public and
open to public inspection.
SEC. 5. Amendments. Amend
ments to this Charter may be
proposed by resolution adopted by
at least six members of the Coun-
ty Council in Legislative Session
or by petition of the registered
voters, and submitted to the vot-
ers as provided in Article XI-A,
section 5 of the Constitution OF
Maryland any such amendment
may provide for the termination Of
this Charter. The County Council
in Legislative Session shall have
power to enact laws appropriate
to carrying out the provisions OF
said section.
SEC. 6. Compilation of Laws.
a. As soon as practicable after
August LIST of each year the
County Attorney shall prepare
and publish a pamphlet, with
index, of the laws enacted and OF
all rules, regulations and ordi-
nances issued or approved by the
County Council during the pre-
ceding fiscal year.
b. The County Council shall
provide for a compilation and
codifcation every fifth year Of all
public local laws of the County
heretofore enacted by the General
Assembly and hereafter enacted
by the County Council and of all
rules, regulations and ordinances
having the force and effect OF
law heretofore issued or approved
by the County Commissioners or
hereafter issued or approved by
the County Council, in force on
August LIST of such year. Each
such codifcation shall be sub
mitted to the County Council in
Legislative Session and if legal
lied by law thereof, shall be
promptly published in a volume,
together with this Charter, Arti-
Gle 25-A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland 1899 edition) as
amended, with an index and ap-
propriate ancillaries as deter
mined by the County Council.
The first such codifcation shall
contain such revisions as are
necessary to conform to this
Charter and shall be completed in
time for submission to the sec
ond annual Legislative session of
the first County Council.
SEC. 7. Citation. This Charter
shall be known and may be cited
as the montgomery County
Charter"
ARTICLE 10.
TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
SEC. /. Nature of article. The
provisions of this Article relate
to the changing over from the
existing form of government for
the County to the form of gov
eminent under this Charter and
where inconsistent with the fore
going articles of this Charter
constitute exceptions thereto.
SEC. 2. Date Charter Becomes
Law. AS provided in Article
XI-A Of the Maryland Constitu-
ton this Charter shall become
law of the County on the thir-