5258 ARTICLE 24.

is to say, on.the first Monday in May in each and every year, the Mayor,
by and with the advice and approval of the Council, shall appoint a town
clerk, a town treasurer, a superintendent of water works, an attorney,
one or more policemen and one or more night watchmen; provided, that
the town treasurer and superintendent of water works may be members
of the Council; and the Mayor and Council shall fix the compensation
of each of said officers by their unanimous vote or by ordinance; provided,
however, that the salary of said town clerk including all deputy clerks
shall not exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per annum and that
the salary of said town treasurer including all his deputies shall not ex-
ceed the sum of two hundred dollars per annum and that the salary of
said superintendent of water works shall not exceed the sum of seventy-
five dollars per annum.

1906, ch. 549. 1920 Code, sec. 263. 1927, ch. 446, sec. 263.

207. The town clerk shall keep a careful record of the proceedings of
the Council and record all the ordinances passed and approved, keep all
books, records, papers and documents in his safe custody and turn the
same over to his successor in office; issue licenses and permits and receive
the money therefor and pay the same over monthly to the Treasurer and
make monthly reports of the same. He shall collect the taxes levied by
the Mayor and Council under the annual levy in the manner hereinafter
provided. He shall file all claims and accounts presented against the town,
and when the same are passed by the Council make a record of the same
and perform such other duties as are imposed upon him by this charter
or by any ordinance or order of the Mayor and Council. Neither the
Mayor nor any Councilman shall be eligible for appointment as town
clerk. The town clerk, the town treasurer, the superintendent of water
works, the policemen and all other officers of said town except the Mayor
and Councilmen, whether elected or appointed, before entering upon the
duties of the office to which they are elected or appointed, shall take the
oath required by Article 1, Section 6, of the Constitution of the State
of Maryland, before the Mayor, who is hereby authorized to administer
all official oaths to officers of said town; and they shall each subscribe to
said oath in one of the record books of the town kept for that purpose
And the term of office of the town clerk, treasurer, and the superintendent
of water works shall be for one year from the date of their appointment
or until their successor shall have been appointed and qualified; subject,
however, to removal for cause and upon notice as hereinafter provided.

1906, ch. 549. 1920 Code, sec. 264. 1927, ch. 446, sec. 264.

208. The town treasurer shall receive all money that may be collected
for taxes, licenses, fines, or from other sources, through the town clerk
and shall credit each item and deposit the same in bank to his credit as
town treasurer; and he shall keep a true and accurate account of the town's,
finances in well bound books kept exclusively for that purpose, and he
shall make monthly reports to the Council of his receipts, disbursements;