2962 ARTICLE 13.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 305.

298. The Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the City
Council, shall annually on or before the first Monday of June appoint a
competent person, a resident and legal voter of said City, to be Bailiff
of said City, who shall hold his office until the first Monday of June fol-
lowing his appointment and until the qualification of his successor, unless
sooner removed as authorized by law.

The Bailiff shall enforce the ordinances of said City, and shall per-
form such other duties as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by the
laws relating to said City and by the ordinances thereof, and he shall have
all and the same powers and functions, civil and police, that Constables
of Harford County now have or may have hereafter, and shall give bond
to the State of Maryland executed by a surety company, to be approved
by the Mayor, in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars for the faithful per-
formance of his duties as Bailiff and Constable, and the premium for
said bond, if any there be, shall be paid out of the City Treasury.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 306.

299. The Mayor by and with the advice and consent of the City Coun-
cil, shall annually on or before the first Monday of June appoint a com-
petent person skilled in accounts, a taxpayer and a qualified voter of said
City, and not less than twenty-five years of age, to be Treasurer of the
City of Havre de Grace, and who shall hold office for one year from the
date of his appointment and until the qualification of his successor.

Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, the said
Treasurer shall take and subscribe before some Justice of the Peace of
Harford County the oath prescribed in Section 6 of Article 1 of the Con-
stitution of this State, and shall execute a bond to the State of Maryland
in the penalty of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be approved by the
Mayor with the condition that if the above bound shall well and faithfully
execute his office., and shall account to the Mayor and City Council of
Havre de Grace for, and pay into the Treasury of, said City or to his
successor in office, the several sums of money, bonds, securities or other
property which he shall receive for the City or be answerable for by law,
at such times as the law shall direct, then such obligation shall be void;
and the Mayor is authorized to approve as surety upon said bond a guar-
antee company, and the premium for said bond, if any, shall be paid out
of the City Treasury.

In case the person appointed Treasurer shall fail to execute the bond
required by this Section within twenty days after the date of his appoint-
ment, or in the event of the Treasurer's removal from the city, death,
resignation or removal from office, the Mayor shall at once proceed to
make a new appointment to fill the vacancy thereby occasioned.

The Treasurer shall take charge of and safely keep all monies, bonds,
notes and other securities belonging to said city, and shall pay all claims
against said city upon the order of the Mayor and City Council, but he
shall not pay any claims against said city, no matter by whom held with-