PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.. 1055

officer or employee of such city, who by solicitation or other-
wise shall exert his influence either directly or indirectly to
influence other officers or employes of such city to adopt his
political views or to favor any particular person or candidate
for office or who shall in any manner contribute money, labor
or other valuable thing to any person for election purposes,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300)
or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty
days.

SEC. 289. All officers and employees shall be elected or
appointed with reference to their qualifications and fitness, and
for the good of the public service, and without reference to
their political faith or party affiliations. It shall be unlawful
for any candidate for office, or any officer in said city, directly
or indirectly, to give or promise any person or persons any
office, position employment, benefit or anything of value for the
purpose of influencing or obtaining the political support, aid
or vote of any person or persons. Every elective officer in said
city shall within thirty days after qualifying, file with the city
register, and publish at least once in a newspaper of gen-
eral circulation, his sworn statement of all his election and
campaign expenses, and by whom such funds were contributed.
Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a mis-
demeanor, and be a ground for removal from office.

SEC. 290. The mayor, city register or any officer in charge
of the assessment of property or the collection of taxes, and
each of the aldermen are hereby authorized to administer oaths
and affirmations in any matter pertaining to municipal affairs
and government of the city, and shall have the power to sum-
mon and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production
of books and papers before them whenever it may be necessary
for the more effective discharge of their duties.

SEC. 291. The board of aldermen may require all officers,
whether elective or appointive, and all employees having charge
of any funds or property belonging to the mayor and aldermen
of Frederick to give bond in such sum as the board of alder-
men shall by ordinance provide, with surety to be approved by
the board, and said board may require a new bond whenever
in their opinion an existing bond is insufficient.

SEC. 292. The mayor and aldermen of Frederick is hereby
authorized and empowered to issue and sell bonds for such
sums of money as, in its opinion, may be necessary from time