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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That all ordinances
passed by the Mayor and Common Council, or a
majority of them, shall he entered by their clerk
in a hook to be kept by him for that purpose,
which shall be at all times open for the inspection

Copy ordi-
nances.

of any person interested; and copies of all ordi-
nances shall be signed by the Mayor and set up in
the most public places of said town, that they
may he generally known.

Oath.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That all officers of
said Corporation except the Mayor shall, before
they enter upon the duties of their respective offices,
make oath before the Mayor, or a Justice of the
Peace for Carroll County, that they will act faith-
fully, without partiality or prejudice, in all things
appertaining to their respective offices; the Mayor
shall qualify by Section six of Article sixty-eight

Failing to
qualify.

of the Code, and a failure to qualify within two
weeks after their election shall be deemed a refusal
on the part of the party failing, to accept the office
to which he has been elected.

Exempt.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That all property
within said limits except occupied as churches and
schools, and the property owned by Daniel and
Jacob Lodge, I. O. O. F., shall be subjected to such
taxes and charges as may be deemed necessary by
said Mayor and Common Council or a majority of
them, to support and maintain the expenses which
may, at any time, be incurred in the improvement
of said Town, and for other corporate purposes not

Taxes.

exceeding twenty cents on every hundred dollars
of the assessed value of all houses and lots fronting
on streets and alleys, and all vacant lots and farm-
ing lands not contiguous to streets and alleys shall
be taxed, on not more than one acre thereof, and
the value of improving them (if any) not exceeding
five cents on every one hundred dollars of the
assessed value thereof.

Collector.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That such tax shall
be collected and paid to the Treasurer by the Col-
lector, by them annually appointed, who shall
have power to distrain therefor as the Collector of
the County assessment has to distrain for the same,
and the Mayor and Common Council shall require
the said Collector to enter into Bond with suffi-