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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shall give notice of the time and place fixed for

hearing such appeals by advertisement in one or

more newspapers of said city, and upon such appeals

said City Council, or its committee, may examine

the party appealing under oath, and shall reassess

the property of such appellant as they may deem

just ; but no appeal shall be heard, except during
the time so fixed by such ordinance, which time shall

bo in the month of June in each year, and said City

Council shall make no changes in the assessments at

any other time.

38. The Mayor shall, on conviction in any court

of law of wilful neglect of duty, or misbehavior in

Removal.

office, be removed from office by the Governor of the

State, and a successor shall be elected as in case of a

vacancy.

39 The Mayor shall, by virtue of his office, see

that the ordinances of the city are duly and faith-

fully executed ; he shall, by and with the advice and

consent of the City Council, appoint all officers of said

Duties of

city who are not elective by the Council under this

Mayor.

act ; he shall annually, on the first Monday in May,

report to the Council in writing the general state of

the city, with an accurate account of the monies

received and expended, which report shall be pub-

lished once in each of the newspapers of said city,

giving a full and particular statement of all receipts
and disbursements ; he shall have power to remove

any of the officers, agents or servants by him ap-

pointed for neglect or violation of any duties per-

taining to their respective offices, and shall appoint

others in their stead, and shall report such removal

and appointments to the City Council, at its next

regular meeting, for its approval or disapproval ; he

General su-

shall have general supervision of the city, and shall

pervision.

submit from time to time to the Council such rec-

ommendations as he shall deem proper; he shall also,

by virtue of his office, be chairman of the trustees

of the sinking fund and of the board of health, and

shall discharge all the duties pertaining to such

chairmanships ; and he shall receive for his services

an annual salary of five hundred dollars.

Power to pass

40. The City Council shall have power to pass all

ordinances.

such ordinances not contrary to the constitution and