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as all othei town officials, shall be liable to presentment and indictment in
the Circuit Court for Montgomery County in their official capacity, and
upon conviction shall be liable to fine or imprisonment, or both, in the
discretion of the court

1906, ch 795, sec 10 1912, ch 790, sec 544

920. The Mayor, the other members of the Council, and all other offi-
cers of the corporation shall, befoie they enter upon the duties of their
respective offices, take and subscribe an oath according to provisions of
Sections 5 and 7 of Article 70 of the Code of Public General Laws, that
they will support the Constitution of Maryland and of the United States,
and will faithfully and diligently perform the duties of their respective
offices without favor, partiality or prejudice, and said oath shall be filed
among the records of the corporation

1906, ch 795, sec 11 1912, ch 790, sec 545

921. The clerk and treasurer shall give bond in such penalties and with
such surety or sureties as the Council shall require, conditioned for the
faithful performance of the duties of the office In case any person ap-
pointed as clerk and treasurei shall fail to execute the bond required with-
in ten days after the appointment and before taking the oath of office,
the said office shall be declared by the Mayor to be vacant, and he shall at
once proceed to fill the same by the appointment of another person for
the residue of the term, who shall qualify as aforesaid

1906, Ch 795, sec 12 1912, ch 790, sec 546

922. The Council shall receive all returns of elections and determine
all questions arising thereunder, but any person considering himself ag-
grieved by any decision of the Council under this section may appeal
within ten days therefrom to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County,
which court shall hear and determine such appeal and decide who shall
pay the costs thereof

1906, ch 795, sec 13 1912, ch 790, sec 547

923. The Council is hereby authonzed to prepare a plat of said town,
upon which shall be shown all streets, roads and public ways, whether pro-
jected or already laid out, and by which all lots and real property in said
town may be thereafter described, said plat to be prepared and recoided
in plat books in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County and of the county surveyor of said county, in the same manner as
requned by Sections 677, 678 and 679 of this Article, relating to the
recording of plats, to control the subdivision of all land and real property
within the corporate limits of said town, and to make reasonable regula-
tions in regard to buildings to be erected in said town, and to grant per-
mits for same The Council shall have the power, and it shall be their
duty, to pass such ordinances as may be necessary, beneficial and proper,
and for the enforcement of the provisions of this charter, not inconsistent