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mayor shall preside; and in the event of the mayor's absence from any
meeting, the common council may, from their own number, select a pre-
siding office pro tempore; and the mayor, with the advice of the common
council, shall give directions to the clerk and bailiff, and superintend such
improvements of the town as the mayor and common council may order.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 79. 1886, ch. 201.

137. They may appoint a clerk, being one of the common council or
otherwise, and prescribe his duties; he shall keep a book of record of the
proceedings and ordinances of said corporation, which shall be open at all
times for the inspection of any person interested; and said clerk shall
make out and furnish the collector once in each year a list of taxes for
collection, and he shall post up in at least three public places in said
town, copies of all ordinances passed by said mayor and common council
previous to their going into effect.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 80. 1886, ch. 201. 1888, ch. 7.

138. The mayor and common council may provide by ordinance to
preserve the health of the town; to prevent and remove nuisances; to pre-
vent, restrain and regulate the running at large of horses, cattle, swine and
geese with the limits of said town; to prohibit and disperse the tumultuous
or disorderly meetings of idle, dissolute or drunken persons; to provide for
working and mending the public streets and alleys of said town; to provide
for the making and repairing of sidewalks and gutters; and generally to
provide for the regulation, good government and improvement of said
town, and may enforce the observance thereof under such penalties, fines
and forfeitures as they shall deem proper, not exceeding ten dollars for
any one offence; and all fines, penalties and forfeitures may be recovered
before a justice of the peace by warrant and judgment; and in case of
failure or refusal to pay the same, the party so fined shall be committed
for a period not exceeding ten days, to the jail of Garrett county, in the
same manner that commitments are made for fines imposed by the
circuit courts of this State on conviction of misdemeanor; provided, that
all the expenses of such commitment and imprisonment shall be paid by
the mayor and common council of Deer Park; but said mayor and common
council, or a majority of them, shall have power, at all times, to remit or
release the fines, penalties and forfeitures, or any part thereof, at their
discretion; but any party fined, or subject to any fine or forfeiture may,
within five days after the same shall be imposed and judgment recovered,
supersede and stay the same for thirty days by giving ample personal
security to the justice of the peace; and the fines and forfeitures imposed
and collected by any of the provisions of this sub-title of this article may
be paid by the mayor and common council to the bailiff as compensation
for his services, or the said mayor and common council may make such
other disposition of said fines and forfeitures as they may deem best.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 81. 1886, ch. 201. 1888, ch. 7. 1890, ch. 621, sec. 81.

139. The mayor and common council of Deer Park shall have power,
upon the application of any three or more taxpayers within the limits of