PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1415

offices take oath that they will faithfully and diligently dis-
charge the duties of their respective offices without favor, par-
tially or prejudice, and said oath shall be filed among the
records of the corporation.

Ibid. sec. 11.

289. That 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 the office.

Ibid. sec. 12.

290. That the council shall receive all returns of election
and determine all questions arising thereunder, but any person
considering himself aggrieved by such decision may appeal
therefrom to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County within
ten days after said election, which court shall hear and deter-
mine such appeal and decide who shall pay the cost thereof.

Ibid. sec. 13.

291. That the council is hereby authorized to prepare a
plat of said town, upon which shall be shown all streets, roads
and public ways, whether heretofore laid out or projected, and
by which all lots and property therein shall afterwards be
described to control the sub-division of all land and property
within the corporate limits of said town; to establish building
lines, and compel all persons erecting buildings in said town
to conform thereto. The council shall have the power, and it
shall be their duty to pass such ordinances as may be necessary,
proper and beneficial for the enforcement of the provisions of
this charter not inconsistent with the laws of the State of
Maryland. (1) to preserve the peace, good order and best
interest of the town. (2) To maintain its cleanliness and
health, and to this end: (a) They shall have the same powers
of the State board of health within the corporate limits of
said town and one-fourth of a mile outside thereof in every
direction, (b) The council may adopt and provide for an
efficient system of drainage, (c) They shall have full power
to regulate privies, specify the character of boxes and other
fixtures for them, and the mode in which they shall be emptied
and their contents removed, as well as the disposition of said
contents; and they shall prohibit the construction or main-
tenance of privy sinks, cesspools and other depositories of filth
within the corporate limits, (d) They shall provide for the
inspection and cleanliness of privies, yards and stores, (e)
They shall regulate the location, inspection and cleanliness of
dairies, stables, cowyards and pens, all factories and other places