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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

OAKLAND.

167. The inhabitants in the town of Oakland in Garrett

County are a corporation by the name of " the Mayor and

Corpora
tion.

Town Council of Oakland," and by that name may have

perpetual succession, may sue and be sued and may have

and use a common seal, which may be altered at pleasure,

and may purchase and hold such seal, personal or mixed

property as may be required for the purposes of said cor-

poration, and may dispose of such property when necessary,

for the benefit of the said corporation, and all the property

and funds of every kind belonging to said corporation are

vested in " the Mayor and Town Council of Oakland."

OFFICERS.

168. The officers of the said corporation shall be a mayor,

Officers

a town council, which shall be composed of six members, a

president of the town council, a town clerk, a treasurer, a

tax collector, a police magistrate, an attorney and a bailiff,

who shall severally perform such duties and have such

powers as may be prescribed by this act, and the ordinances

passed in pursuance thereof. The mayor and the members

of the town council shall be elected by the votes in said

town. The town clerk, treasurer and tax collector shall be

elected by the town council. The police magistrate, attor-

ney and bailiff shall be appointed by the mayor, by and

with the advice and consent of the town council. All the

officers elected by the town council or appointed by the

mayor shall hold their respective offices fcr one year from

the first Monday of May in the year for which they are

appointed and until their successors are elected and

qualified.

169. The town council shall as soon as practicable pro-

Limits

vide by ordinance for a survey, and map of the limits of

said town and for the location upon said map of the streets

and alleys already laid out and opened for public use, and

also the streets and alleys heretofore laid out on the origi-

nal plat of said town, and on the plat of the several addi-

tions to said .town, which have not been opened for public

use, and such map when made and approved by the town

council and mayor shall be recorded in the office of the

clerk of the Circuit Court for Garrett County, and when so

recorded said map or a copy properly certified by said clerk

under the seal of his office shall be evidence. The limits

of said town as they have heretofore been established by

law shall remain until the survey herein provided for has

been made and approved as aforesaid.