PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. 3993

COUNCILMEN.

1916, ch. 200, sec. 6.

759. The Councilmen of said town shall possess the same qualifications
as the Mayor, and shall become disqualified in the same manner as does
the Mayor. Each of said Councilmen in addition to such qualifications
shall reside at the date of his election in the ward which he is elected to
represent, as hereinafter set forth, and in case he shall remove during his
term of office from the ward for which he is elected, his term shall at once
terminate and there shall exist a vacancy in the office of councilmen of
such ward to be filled as hereinafter provided. The Councilmen shall hold
office for two years and until the qualifications of their successors. The
Councilmen shall receive no salary.

TOWN CLERK AND TREASURES.

1916, ch. 200, sec. 7.

760. There shall be appointed by a majority vote of the Mayor and
Common Council at their first regular meeting on the second Monday in
May in each and every year a legal voter of said town who shall serve as
Town Clerk and Treasurer. He shall attend all council meetings, shall
keep the minutes thereof, shall keep the ordinance book herein provided
for, and shall submit said minutes and said book to the inspection, in his
presence, of any citizen of said town at any time. He shall keep the as-
sessment books, collect all taxes, and receive and pay out all money belong-
ing to said town, provided, however, that he shall not pay out any money
except upon an order duly passed by the Mayor and Common Council, or
in pursuance of an ordinance duly passed by them. He shall keep an ac-
curate account of the receipts and disbursements of the Mayor and Com-
mon Council of Mount Rainer, and shall render monthly statements to the
Common Council of such receipts and disbursements. He shall perform
such other duties as may be provided for in this Act, and as may be pro-
vided for by ordinances duly passed by the Mayor and Common Council
of Mount Rainier, and he shall receive for his services such reasonable
salary as the Mayor and Common Council may by ordinance establish,
provided, however, that the salary of no Town Clerk and Treasurer shall
be decreased during his term of office.

Before said Town Clerk and Treasurer shall enter upon the duties of
his office, he shall execute and deliver to the Mayor a bond payable to the
Mayor and Common Council of Mount Rainier in such penalty as the
Mayor and Common Council by ordinance shall fix, the sureties to be
approved by the Mayor and conditioned upon the faithful performance of
the duties of his office. In case of a vacancy occurring in the office of
Town Clerk and Treasurer the Mayor and Common Council shall have
power to fill such vacancy.