It provides in specific terms who is to prepare the statements, what information shall be included in them, and the time and method of publication. Where the language of a statute is clear, it is the duty of the courts to give force and effect to the language as written. Reed v. Greene, Ky., 243 S.W.2d 892; Com. ex rel. Unemployment Compensation Commission v. Fritz, Ky., 236 S.W.2d 262; Shelby County Fiscal Court v. Cosine, supra. It is said by appellant that the statute, as construed by the trial court, places an unreasonable burden on the public officials and an unnecessary expense on the taxpayers.