180 ARTICLE 1.

num to the Mayor and Council of Midland, and it is hereby further pro-
vided that no person licensed by the State as a retail dealer to sell liquor
in Allegany County shall sell fermented or spirituous liquor or lager beer
within the corporate limits of the town of Midland or within the space of
one-eighth of a mile of said limits without first having paid to the Mayor
and Council of Midland the sum of twenty-five dollars for each and every
oyster house, ordinary saloon or place licensed by the State as a retailer of
liquor or lager beer under a penalty of forfeiture of the license to do such
business within the corporate limits of said town and within one-eighth of
a mile thereof, and the payment of such fine, not to exceed twenty-five dol-
lars, as may be provided by ordinance of the Mayor and Council, to be
imposed by any justice of the peace having jurisdiction in any part of said
town, for which purpose the Mayor and Council of Midland shall have
jurisdiction for one-eighth of a mile beyond the corporate limits, and in
default of the payment of any imposed as hereinbefore provided, the jus-
tice may commit any person so convicted to the town lockup or county jail
for not more than thirty days; and the bailiff of the town shall execute the
process issued by the justices of the peace having jurisdiction therein to
the distance of one-eighth of a mile beyond the corporate limits as afore-
said for police purposes.

BOARD OF HEALTH.

1906, ch. 382, sec. 184A15.

479. The Board of Health shall have such power and duties as may be
delegated to them by the Council by ordinance for the care of the health
of the people and the removal of nuisances and the spread of dangerous
and contagious diseases, and the secretary of the board of health shall re-
ceive a salary not to exceed twenty-five dollars per annum.

CLERK.

1906, ch. 382, sec. 184A16.

480. The Clerk, before entering upon his duties, shall take the oath
herein prescribed for members of the Council, and shall execute such bond
as may be prescribed by ordinance; he shall countersign all orders for the
payment of money, and in the absence of the Mayor become Mayor pro
tem., the Council appointing one of their body to fill the place of Clerk;
he shall keep a full and accurate set of accounts of the town records and
papers; he shall keep a journal of the proceedings of the town Council,
which shall be open at all times for inspections of any citizen, and in a
well-bound book shall enter a copy of the oath taken and therein subscribed
by every elected officer of the town, with the witness thereto; he shall re-
ceive such compensation as the Council may provide, not exceeding twenty-
five dollars per annum.