274 ARTICLE 1A.

duty imposed upon him by law, or by ordinance, or by order of the Mayor
and City Council lawfully passed, the Mayor or Councilmen so failing
or refusing to perform such duty may be expelled by a vote of three-fifths
of all the members of the Mayor and City Council, the Mayor to be con-
sidered a member of said Council, and the vacancy thus occasioned shall
be filled as herein provided for; before any action shall be taken against the
Mayor or any member of the City Council upon charges of dereliction of
duty, the City Council shall first cause to be served upon the said Mayor
or Councilman a written statement of the charges against him, and a day
shall be set by said Mayor and City Council at which such charges shall
be heard, the same to be prosecuted by the City Solicitor, with the right
to the accused to be represented by counsel, and if the charges are sus-
tained and an order of dismissal passed by a three-fifths vote as aforesaid,
the said Mayor or Councilman so dismissed may, within ten days there-
after, take an appeal to the Circuit Court for Allegany County, which is
hereby given jurisdiction of the same, and the said Court shall thereupon,
as speedily as possible, hear the said charges de novo, and pass such order
in the premises as the said Court may deem proper, and the action of the
said Court shall be final; and pending such appeal, the said Mayor or
Councilman shall be suspended without pay; provided, however, that if
the said charges shall not be sustained by said Court, then the said Mayor
or Councilman charged as aforesaid shall be entitled to full pay from the
time of the order of dismissal passed by the said Mayor and City Council.
The Commissioner named as the head of each department shall audit all
accounts or claims against it, unless he be absent or fail or refuse to do
so, in which event the Mayor shall appoint another Councilman to act
in his stead during his absence, or to audit such claims and accounts as
the said Commissioner shall fail or refuse to act upon, but before pay-
ment all accounts shall be acted upon and approved by a majority of those
present at a meeting of said Mayor and City Council.

Said Council shall require a statement to be published in January,
April, July and October of each year in two newspapers of said city,
showing a full, clear and complete statement of all taxes and other reve-
nues collected and expended during the preceding quarter, indicating the
respective sources from which the moneys are derived, and also indicating
the disposition thereof, and it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of
every department to make a report in writing at the first meeting of the
Mayor and City Council each and every month of the conditions in his
department during the preceding month.

1922, ch. 96, sec. 21.

21. Whenever the Mayor shall deem it necessary, in order to enforce
the laws of the city, or to avert danger or protect life or property, in the
case of a riot or any outbreak or calamity or public disturbance, or when
he has any reason to fear any serious violation of the law or order or
outbreak, or any other danger to said city or the inhabitants thereof, he
shall summon into service, as a special police force, all or as many of the