HARRY ~W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 1329

affirmative votes shall be necessary for the passage of an
ordinance, law or resolution at all times. Upon every vote
the ayes and nays shall be called and recorded.

SEC. 11. At the first regular meeting of the Commis-
sioners of Ridgely on the first Monday of May, 1937, and at
the same time every year thereafter, the Commissioners of
Ridgely shall appoint one person who shall be a resident and
qualified voter of the town of Ridgely, and not a member of
the Commissioners of Ridgely, to act as Clerk to the Com-
missioners of Ridgely, collector of town taxes and Treasurer,
who shall be the same person, and whose term of office shall
be for one year and until his successor is duly qualified.
The said officer shall receive such salary and compensation as
may be fixed by the Commissioners of Ridgely, and he shall
perform all the duties imposed on him by ordinance of the
Commissioners of Ridgely and by law, and shall be called
"Clerk of Ridgely".

SEC. 12. The said Clerk of Ridgely shall keep a full and
accurate account of the proceedings of the Commissioners of
Ridgely in suitable book of books, and he shall keep the
assessment books of said town with the names of the owners
of property arranged alphabetically, and he shall keep a full
and fair account of all money received by him and of all
money paid out showing from whom or what source it was
received and for what and to whom it was paid out, and he
shall keep on deposit in some bank or banks of Caroline
County to be designated by the Commissioners of Ridgely to
the credit of the Commissioners of Ridgely all money received
or collected by him for taxes or from any other source
belonging to the said corporation, and said money to be paid
out on checks signed by the Clerk and countersigned by the
President of the Commissioners of Ridgely, or in the absence
of such President of the Commissioners of Ridgely to be
countersigned by the President pro tempore of the Commis-
sioners of Ridgely, and shall be drawn only for such debts
or purposes as may have been authorized or designated by
the Commissioners, and the said Clerk of Ridgely shall make
a full and complete report to the Commissioners of Ridgely
at the regular meeting on the first Monday of each and every
month containing a full and complete statement of the finan-
cial condition of said town.

SEC. 13. The Clerk of Ridgely, if required to do so by an
affirmative vote of a majority of the Commissioners of
Ridgely, shall before entering upon the duties of his office
execute and deliver to the Commissioners of Ridgely a bond