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out first deducting from the amount of such claim all and every sum or
sums due or owing to said city for taxes, or otherwise, by the original
holder of such claim or by the assignees thereof, and no assignee of such
claim shall avoid such deduction, but shall always be regarded as charged
with notice of the City's right to make such deduction. He shall, as often
as he is called upon to do so, make a written statement to the Mayor and
City Council of the financial condition of the city. He shall not pay out
any funds belonging to the city except upon orders passed in session by
the Mayor and City Council, and countersigned by the Mayor and City
Clerk.

The Treasurer shall be the collector of all taxes which may be levied
by the Mayor and City Council of Havre de Grace, and shall receive and
be the custodian of all monies which may be due said City from any
source whatever, and he shall attend at the City Council Chamber at
such times and between such hours and shall receive such compensation
as the Mayor and City Council shall by ordinance prescribe.

Hecht v. Coale, 93 Md. 692. Havre de Grace v. Fahey, 108 Md. 534.

1922, ch. 312.

300. A copy of every deed for the conveyance of real estate in the
City of Havre de Grace shall be filed with the Mayor and City Council

of said city, and no deed for the conveyance of real estate in said city
shall be received for record by the clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford
County unless, there is attached to said deed an affidavit stating that a

copy of said deed has been filed with the Mayor and City Council of Havre

de Grace as required by this section.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 307.

301. The Mayor by and with the advice and consent of the City Coun-
cil shall annually on or before the first Monday in June appoint a resi-
dent and legal voter of the City of Havre de Grace not less than twenty-
five years of age to be City Clerk, Before entering upon the discharge
of his duties the said Clerk shall take and subscribe before some Justice
of the Peace of Harford County the oath prescribed in Section 6 of Arti-
cle 1, of the Constitution of this State.

In case the person appointed City Clerk shall fail to take the oath
required by this Section within twenty days after his appointment, or in
the event of the Clerk's removal from the City, death, resignation or re-
moval from office, the Mayor shall at once proceed to fill the vacancy
thereby occasioned by new appointment.

The Clerk shall be ex-officio clerk to the Mayor and City Council, and
shall perform all the duties that are required of said Clerk under the
Charter and Ordinances of said City, including the duties of Officers of
Registration as hereinbefore provided. He shall attend all meetings of
the City Council and preserve accurate minutes of the proceedings thereof
in a permanent record. He shall keep an accurate itemized account of
all receipts and disbursements of the funds of the City and an inventory