JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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under each heading to a single page of the ledger,

which shall thus show the amount of money received

by the county from all sources and the entire amount

expended for all purposes during the year; and it

shall be the duty of the said collector to furnish to

Duty.

the county commissioners, at the close of each year,

a, transcript of said account attested by his signature,

and to which copy there shall be appended an affi-

davit of its correctness.

SEC. 87 M. Be it enacted, That all documents,

books and papers, belonging to the office of the col-

Property of.

lector, are hereby declared to be the property and

records of Washington county, and at all times shall

be subject to the examination of the grand jury and

commissioners of said county; and it shall be the

duty of the grand jury, at each term of the Circuit

Court for said county; to examine the books and ac-

Examine.

counts of the said collector and report to said court

the result of such examination.

SEC. 87 N. Be it enacted, That upon the expiration

of his term of office the collector shall deposit with

Deposit with.

the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Washington.

county, all books and papers belonging to his office,

in which the accounts of collections and disburse-

ments are made and entered; and the county com-

missioners shall allow said collector the original cost

Allow cost.

of said books upon presentation of the bill of pur-

chase thereof properly receipted.

SEC. 87 O. And be it enacted, That it shall not be

Not lawful.

lawful for the said collector to retain for his own

salary any part of the principal or interest of the

taxes by him collected, other than such sum as the

commissioners shall designate, upon, the receipt of

the statements hereinbefore directed to be made

monthly to them by the collector; and it shall be

the duty of the said commissioners, in designating

what money the said collector shall thus monthly

retain, to fix such sum as will bear the same propor-

tion to his entire salary, that the amount of taxes

collected and by him reported, bears to the whole

amount of the taxes levied; and upon the final

settlement of the said commissioners with said col-

lector, it shall be the duty of the said commissioners