PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1399

tion of all persons interested therein. He shall collect and
receive the taxes and other moneys due the town and shall keep
and disburse the same in the manner prescribed by the coun-
cil, and shall perform such other duties as the council shall
prescribe. The council may allow the town marshal and deputy
marshal, its health officer, his assistants and the clerk such
compensations as they may deem proper.
1898, ch. 453, sec. 8.

251. The Mayor shall have all the powers of a justice of the
peace in criminal cases where the town of Garrett Park is a
party, and shall receive the same fees allowed justices of the
peace in similar cases; and an appeal from his judgment, when
the demand or fine exceeds five dollars, may be taken to the
Circuit Court for the county, which shall hear and determine
the matter as upon appeal from justices of the peace.

Ibid. sec. 9.

252. The town marshal and health officer shall attend the
meetings of the council, and perform such duties as shall be
directed. The marshal shall preserve the peace and good' order
of the town, and for this purpose he is invested with the same
power and authority as any constable under the laws of the
State.

1898, ch. 453, sec. 10.

253. The council and all other officers of the corporation
shall, before they enter upon the duties of their respective
offices, take an oath that they will faithfully and diligently dis-
charge the duties of their office without favor, partiality or
prejudice, and said oath shall be filed among the records of the
corporation.

Ibid. sec. 11.

254. The clerk and treasurer shall give bond to the council
in such penalties and with such sureties as the council may
require conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties
of his office.

Ibid. sec. 12.

255. The council shall receive all returns of election and
determine all questions arising thereunder; but any person con-
sidering himself aggrieved by such decision may appeal there-
from to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, which court
shall hear and determine such appeal and decide who shall pay
the costs thereof.

Ibid. sec. 13.

256. The council is hereby authorized to prepare a plat of
said town upon which shall be shown all streets, roads and pub-
lic ways, whether heretofore laid out or projected, and by which