PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. 3889
TOWN OFFICERS.

1908, ch. 79, sec. 11. 1912 Code, sec. 302.

511. The Mayor and Common Council may annually appoint such
town officials as they may deem necessary, at such compensation as they
may think proper.

1908, oh. 79, sec. 12. 1912 Code, sec. 303.

512. The Mayor and Common Council and all other officers of the cor-
poration shall, before they outer upon the duties of their office, make oath
that they will diligently and faithfully, to the best of their skill and judg-
ment, perform the duties of their office, and shall file a certificate thereof
of the officer before whom the same was made, among the records of the
corporation. The Mayor and Common Council may require any of its
officers to give bond in such penalty and with such securities as they may
deem necessary, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties,
and said bond shall be deposited in the hands of the Mayor and Common
Council; when any officer wilfully fails to discharge any duties of his
office, he may in addition to the remedy of his bond, be dismissed by the
Mayor and Common Council at its discretion.

POWEES.

1908, Ch. 79, sec. 13. 1912 Code, sec. 304.

513. The Mayor and Common Council may provide by ordinance for
the good government of the town, for the preservation of the peace and
the order therein, and for securing to the residents of said town all rights
of persons and property to which they are by law entitled, for the sur-
veying, grading, paving, repairing, draining, laying out, extending, open-
ing, closing, straightening or relocating any of the streets, sidewalks or
alleys in said town, and may condemn or purchase the right-of-way for
any street or alley which it may determine shall be opened for the public
good, the process of condemnation to conform so far as may be, to the
condemnation of property for roadways by the Commissioners of Prince
George's County, as authorized by law; for the removal of nuisances, for
the removal of obstructions from streets, lanes and alleys; for the estab-
lishment of building lines and building regulations; for prohibiting the
carrying of concealed weapons, for prohibiting the discharge of firearms,
firecrackers, torpedoes and other explosives; for preventing swine, cattle,
fowls, dogs or other animals from running at large on the streets for
licensing, taxing and regulating all useful trades and occupations and all
amusements and theatrical exhibitions; for the purpose of raising revenue
to meet current expenses of the town, as well as for the purpose of proper
protection of the health, good order and peace of the town; for the sup-
pression of gambling vice and immorality; and apprehending and pun-
ishing all tramps and vagrants; for protecting the purity of the water
supply of the town of Hyattsville, whether offenses against the same shall