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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

87. The said commissioners, and all other officers

of said town, shall, before they enter upon the

duties of their respective offices, severally take the

Take oath.

following oath: "I do solemnly swear that I will

faithfully execute the office of —— to the best of

my knowledge and ability, without favor, affection

or partiality.

88. The president of the said commissioners shall,

in virtue of his office, have and exercise within the

limits of said town all the jurisdiction and power of

a justice of the peace, except as to the recovery of

small debts ; he may call on any officer of the town,

entrusted with the receipt and expenditure of public

money, for a statement of his accounts as often as

Jurisdiction

he shall see proper ; he shall see that the ordinances

and power.

are faithfully executed, and report to the town com-

missioners at their stated meeting the general state

of the town, and may call special meetings of the

commissioners whenever he may see proper; and

said commissioners shall, before the first day of May

in each and every year, by one insertion published

in one or more newspapers printed in Elkton, a

statement of the receipts and expenditures of said

town for such year.

89. The County Commissioners of Cecil county

may, at discretion, levy annually upon the assessable

Levy annual-
ly.

property of the county, and pay over to the said
president and commissioners such sum as they may

see fit, to aid in keeping the streets of said town, as

part of the public roads of the county, in good repair.

90. If the inhabitants of said town at any time

neglect to make an election as herein directed, the

power of electing commissioners shall not thereupon

Failure to

cease, but shall continue as though such election had

make election

been made, and the president and commissioners for

the time being shall remain in office until such an-

nual election shall be held.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage, but it shall not

Effective

be necessary that this act shall be published as pre-
scribed by the provisions of section two, chapter

thirty-one, of the acts of assembly of eighteen hun-