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after each and every meeting. He shall have power to ad-
minister oaths and certify the same in all matters per-
taining to said corporation which may be required by the
business or transactions of said corporation. He shall in
the absence or sickness of the police magistrate, in such
case only, have power to hear and determine all cases to
to which said corporation may be a party, and over which
purpose the police magistrate may have jurisdiction, and
for this he is hereby clothed with all the power and author-
ity of a justice of the peace. No ordinance shall be valid
without his approval unless the same be passed over his
veto by a vote of four members of the Council, nor shall any
order or resolution for the payment of money out of the town
treasury be valid without his approval in writing. He shall
during his official term hold no other corporation office,
nor shall he be interested in any contract to which the
said corporation is a party or when the money for any
contract is to be paid out of the corporation treasury. He
shall receive the sum of two hundred dollars a year for his
official services to be paid in quarterly installments of
fifty dollars. Before entering upon his duties he shall
take and subscribe to before the clerk of the Circuit Court
for Garrett County, the oath prescribed by Section 6,
Article 1 of the Constitution of Maryland.

412. The Town Council shall meet on the first Monday
in each month and at such other times as it may deem
necessary for the public business. The members of the
Town Council shall be entitled to ten dollars per day each
for attending the sessions of the Council, or attending to
the other public business required of them; not, however,
to exceed one hundred dollars to any member in any one
year.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 644.
(Senate Bill 341)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 89B of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title
"State Roads," said new section to be known as Section