1090 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 694]
and shall bear the title "Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector
of Cambridge," and unless removed for cause by the commis-
sioners shall hold office for four years from the date of his
appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified.
The town clerk, treasurer and collector shall be paid a salary
of one thousand dollars per annum, payable in monthly instal-
ments. He shall keep in the minute books a record of all the
proceedings of the Board of Town Commissioners, as the same
occur. He shall within six days after any ordinance has been
passed record the same fully and at length in the ordinance
book, and he shall duly and promptly record and enter in the
general record books all papers, documents, contracts and orders
which the charter or the ordinances or the directions of the
commissioners require to be recorded therein. He shall attend
all meetings of the board unless previously excused therefrom,
and assist the commissioners in the discharge of their duties,
and shall keep open the office of the said commissioners and
be in attendance from 9 o'clock A. M. to 3 o'clock P. M. He
shall perform carefully, diligently and faithfully ail duties
imposed on him by the charter, the ordinances and the proper
directions of the board. He shall also be treasurer for the
town and for the commissioners, and shall receive and keep
safely for the uses and purposes of the board and the town all
moneys belonging thereto, which he may collect and which may
come into his hands. He shall always be ready to pay the
commissioners or their order any moneys which belong to the
town and which he has received on behalf of the same. He
shall also act, as clerk to the Board of Police Commissioners as
hereinafter provided. He shall upon his election without delay
execute to the commissioners a bond in the penalty of fifteen
thousand dollars, conditioned for the good and faithful dis-
charge by him of all the duties appertaining to his office,
imposed on him by the charter, the ordinances and the require-
ments of the commissioners, and if a bonding company fur-
nishes said bond then the premium for the same shall be paid
out of the town money. He shall collect the taxes levied by
the commissioners of Cambridge under the annual levy, and
make settlement with the commissioners of Cambridge for all
taxes collected by him, under the annual levy within three
months after receiving such levy, and he shall make monthly
settlements of the same thereafter. He shall at the end of six
months next after the levy is received by him return a list of
insolvents, so far as ascertained by him, and at the end of
twelve months he shall return his final lists of insolvents. At
the end of six months from the date of receiving the levy, one-
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