96 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 68

tory as the Mayor and Common Council may' select. The
Treasurer shall make all disbursements of Town funds and
shall not disburse or dispose of any of the Town funds coming
into Ms hands as such except by check duly signed by him as
Treasurer and countersigned by the Mayor, pursuant to reso-
lution of the Mayor and Common Council.

Whenever the Mayor and Common Council shall levy a tax
they shall cause to be made an alphabetical list of persons
charged therewith and shall affix thereto the respective sums
to be collected from such persons and a warrant to the
Treasurer to collect the same. The Treasurer shall within ten
days after receipt of such list render to such persons named
therein an account or tax bill showing the amount due by them.

The Mayor and Common Council may make contract obliga-
tions in debt in total amount not to exceed one-half (1/2) of the
total of all taxes levied under Section 16 and unpaid, and for
periods of maturity not to exceed one (1) year during which
disbursements out of funds collected pursuant to any tax
levy under Section 16 in excess of the amount of said obliga-
tions shall not exceed one-half (1/2) of the total amounts col-
lected in taxes.

The said Treasurer shall receive such compensation for the
discharge of his duties, and such expense allowances, as the
Mayor and Council shall determine.

(b) The Treasurer, and such other officers or employees as
the Mayor and Common Council may by general ordinance
require so to do, shall give bond in such amount and with
such security as may be approved by the Council but in no
case less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). The prem-
iums on such bonds shall be paid by the Town.

SEC. 13. And 6e it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Common Council may appoint and fix the compensation of
one or more police officers as they may deem necessary to
carry out the provisions of this Charter. Such officers shall
preserve the peace, enforce all ordinances, serve all notices
and processes, and perform such other lawful duties as the
Mayor and Common Council shall direct, and for these pur-
poses the said officers are hereby vested with the same powers
as are now possessed by the members of the Prince George's
County Police Force, within the boundaries of the Town of
College Park, and in addition thereto, they shall have the
authority to transport persons arrested to the nearest com-
mitting Magistrate in and for Prince George's County and
thence to the nearest place of commitment, as directed by
said magistrate.