1414 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 790]

for a term of one year or until their successors are appointed
and qualified; and the council shall fix the compensation of
each of said officers and all subordinates under them, and shall
prescribe their duties as herein provided. The Mayor shall
have the power to appoint, with the approval and consent of
the council, such deputy marshal or marshals, or deputy health
officer or officers, and such assistants as may be necessary for
the enforcement of all ordinances of the town relating to the
public safety, order, health and cleanliness. All appointed
officers of the town shall be under the direct supervision of the
Mayor, and shall be held responsible to him for the enforce-
ment of all the ordinances of the town, and it shall be the duty
of the Mayor to see that all officers under him shall impartially
do their duty as required by law. The clerk shall keep the
minutes of the proceedings of the council in a bound book, but
with the consent of the council the clerk will be allowed to keep
the minutes, if typewritten, in a loose leave journal, but all
leaves shall be carefully numbered and preserved, and every
sixty days shall be bound in a journal provided for keeping a
record of such minutes. The clerk shall collect and receive the
taxes and all other money due the town, and shall keep and
disburse same in the manner prescribed by the council, and
shall perform such other duties as the council may prescribe.
The council may allow the marshal and deputy marshal, the
health officer and his assistants, and the clerk, such compensa-
tion as they may deem proper.

1906, ch. 826, sec. 8.

286. That the Mayor shall have all the powers of a justice
of the peace in criminal cases where the town of Glen Echo is
a party, and shall receive 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 mat-
ter as upon appeal from justices of the peace.

Ibid. sec. 9.

287. That the marshal and health officer shall attend the
meetings of. the council when requested and perform such other
duties as the council may direct; the marshal shall preserve
the peace and good order of the town, and for this purpose he
us invested' with the power and authority as any constable under
the laws of the State.

1906, ch, 826, sec, 10.

288. That the council and all other officers of the corpora-
tion shall before they enter upon" the duties of their respective