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execution of the duties of his office or who shall be guilty of disorderly
conduct or any disturbance whatever. He shall give such bond for the
faithful performance of his duty and shall perform such other duties and
possess such other powers, rights and authority, in addition to those herein
provided, as the Mayor and Councilmen may require and confer upon
him, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State and
the provisions of this Act. In the case of absence, sickness or inability
to act of the Chief of Police, the Police Commissioner or the Mayor and
Councilmen shall have the power and it shall be their duty to designate
some other member of said police department as acting Chief of Police
during the period of such absence, sickness or inability of said Chief of
Police.

P. L. L. (1888), art. 1, sec. 143. 1878, ch. 255. 1902, ch. 88, sec. 143. 1916, ch. 58.

1918, ch. 254. 1929, ch. 336.

202. The Mayor and Councilmen of Frostburg may allow their Clerk,
Treasurer, Chief of Police, Policemen, and other officers such reasonable
compensation for their services as they may deem proper and shall have
the power to dismiss any of them, subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 201 of this Article, at pleasure. The Mayor shall receive a salary

of Five Hundred Dollars per annum, and the four Councilmen shall each
receive a salary of Three Hundred Dollars per annum.

DAMAGES.

1927, ch. 195, sec. 142B.

203. Before the Mayor and Councilmen of Frostburg shall be liable
for damages of any kind, the person injured or someone in his behalf
shall give the Mayor or City Clerk notice in writing of such injury within
thirty days after the same has been received, stating specifically in such
notice when, where, and how the injury occurred and the extent thereof.
The Mayor and Councilmen of Frostburg shall never be liable on account
of any damage or injury to person or property arising from or occasioned
by any public street, highway, or grounds, including accumulations of
snow or ice or any public work of the city unless the specific defect or
the accumulation of snow or ice causing the damage or injury shall have
been actually known to the Mayor or City Engineer by personal inspection

for a period of at least twenty-four hours prior to the occurrence of the
injury or damage, unless the attention of the Mayor or the Engineer
shall have been called thereto by notice thereof in writing at least twenty-
four hours prior to the occurrence of the injury or damage and proper

diligence has not been used to rectify the defect or cause said accumula-
tions of snow or ice to be removed after actually known or called to the

attention of the Mayor and City Engineer as aforesaid.