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to the aforegoing provisions in regard to elections. In case of a vacancy
in the office of Mayor or Councilman by death, resignation, disqualifica-
tion or removal from the town, the Council shall, within ten days there-

after, order a special election to fill such vacancy.
Spitzer v. Martin, 130 Md. 428.

CLERK, TREASURES AND TAX COLLECTOR.

1916, ch. 456, sec. 7. 1918 Code, sec. 56.

37. The town clerk, who shall also be the treasurer and tax collector,
shall be the custodian of the ordinance book, the minute book, the record
hook and the assessment book of the town, and he shall be entitled to
receive fair compensation for all extracts or copies made by him from said
books, to be paid by the party or parties requesting such extracts or copies,
and the Mayor and Council may fix the price to be charged by the
town clerk for all such extracts or copies. And the record book shall be
open for the inspection of any person interested, unless they are actually
in use by the Mayor and Council, the town clerk or some other officer of the
town. He shall keep a careful record of the proceedings of the Council
and record all the ordinances passed and approved, keep all books, records,
papers and documents in his safe custody, and turn the same over to his
successor in office; issue licenses and permits and receive money therefor
and make monthly reports of the same. He shall file all claims and ac-
counts presented against the town, and when the same are passed by the
Council make a record of the same and perform such other duties as are
imposed upon him by this charter, or by any ordinances or order of the
Mayor and Council. He shall receive all money for taxes, water rents,
licenses, fines or from other sources, and shall credit each item and shall
deposit the same in bank to his credit as town treasurer, subject to call of
the Mayor and Council; and he shall keep a true and accurate account
of the town's finances in well-bound books provided by the corporation and
kept exclusively for that purpose, and he shall make monthly reports to
the Council of his receipts, disbursements and balances, which shall be
recorded in the minutes; and all money so received by the treasurer shall
be paid out only upon his check in satisfaction of claims which have been
passed and approved by the Council. He shall give bond to the Mayor
and Council of Brunswick in the penalty of not less than five thousand

dollars, to be approved by the Mayor and Council, and conditioned for the
good and faithful discharge by him of all the duties appertaining to his
said office of town clerk, treasurer, and tax collector of the town of Bruns-
wick imposed upon him by the charter, the ordinances and the require-
ments of the Mayor and Council; and said bond shall be recorded among
the general records of the town and shall be retained in the custody of the
Mayor and Council; and his books shall be subject to the inspection of the
Mayor and Council, and the Mayor and Council may at any time cause
said books to be audited. The failure to approve the bond of the town
treasurer, or to record the same as above required, shall not affect the
validity of the bond or the liability of any person, persons or body cor-