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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Peace or the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick County

Qualification
and bond.

or Notary Public, and before proceeding to act shall give

bond to the Burgess and Councilmen of Myersville, with

the securities to be approved by the Councilmen, in the sum

of five hundred dollars for the faithful discharge of his duties.

And the Councilmen and the officers of the corporation, be-

fore entering upon their respective offices, shall take oath

that they will faithfully discharge the duties of their office

without partiality. If the persons elected Burgess and Coun-

cilmen respectively, or any of them, shall fail to take the

oath prescribed in this section within ten days after notice of

their election shall have been communicated to them in writing

by the person who, under the ordinances of the town, may

Election to fill

be appointed to hold such election, the said person or per-

vacancies.

sons so appointed, within five days thereafter, shall order an

election to fill the vacancy or vacancies caused by such fail-

ure to qualify.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the Burgess and Councilmen

Corporation
meetings.

may meet as often as business of the corporation may require,

and shall call a meeting upon application of two Councilmen,

at which meeting the Burgess shall preside and if, during

their term of office, any of the Councilmen or if the Burgess

shall die, resign or remove from said town, an election shall

be called by said Burgess, or in the event of his death or res-

ignation, the Councilmen to fill the vacancy; at which election

all persons qualified under Section 3 of this Article shall be

entitled to vote ; said person or persons to hold office until the

next general election.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said Burgess and Coun-

Treasurer's
duties and

cilmen shall organize and elect a Treasurer and a Secretary

salary.

from their number, and all orders for money to be paid out

shall be countersigned by the Burgess. The Treasurer's salary

shall be three hundred dollars per annum. The Treasurer

shall collect all taxes levied by the Burgess and Councilmen,

and shall have the same power to distrain and sell therefor

as collectors of county taxes; all ordinances passed by said

Councilmen and signed by the Burgess shall be entered by the

Secretary in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, which

shall at all times be open for public inspection. The Treas-

urer shall receive and disburse, on the order of the Bur-

gess, all moneys collected under the ordinances of the cor-

Bond.

poration, and shall give bond to the Burgess and Councilmen

of Myersville to the amount of one thousand dollars with

such security as they shall require; he shall report annually