The County Commissioners of Kent County shall, on or before January
1 each year, appoint a certified public accountant to audit the accounts,
vouchers, books and papers of the county government for each year. The auditors
shall be paid for their services the compensation the County Commissioners
certify as being just and adequate.
It shall be the duty of the auditors to carefully examine the accounts,
vouchers, receipts and other papers connected with the receipts and disbursements
of the public money by each of the county agencies and boards and officers
in such manner as to show the true financial status and condition of each
of the county agencies, boards and officers of said county and to report their
findings to the County Commissioners.
The final audit shall be made in duplicate, one (1) copy to be filed
with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Kent County and one (1) copy with
the County Commissioners of Kent County, and the County Commissioners are
hereby directed and empowered to publish a summary of said report, immediately
upon the filing of the same, in one (1) or more newspapers published in Kent
County for such length of time as the County Commissioners shall deem expedient.