768 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 431

108, 109, 110, 111 of Chapter 202 of the Acts of Assembly
of 1896 and any amendments thereto, are hereby adopted
and made a part of this act as fully as if they had been
herein specifically set out.

POWERS OF MAYOR.

618. The Mayor elected hereunder shall qualify upon
the next Monday night succeeding his election by taking an
oath before any officer of the State of Maryland duly au-
thorized to take an affidavit, to the effect that he will obey
the Constitution of the United States and the constitution
and laws of the State of Maryland, and will fairly, hon-
estly and impartially administer the duties of his office.

619. The Mayor shall be the executive officer of the
Mayor and City Council of Laurel, clothed with all the pow-
ers necessary to secure the enforcement of all ordinances
and resolutions passed by the City Council. He may con-
vene the City Council whenever in his opinion the public
good may require it, and shall from time to time lay before
it in writing such proposed alterations in the laws or ordi-
nances of the town as he may deem necessary and proper.
He shall have the power to veto any ordinance, resolution,
regulation or order passed by the City Council, and unless
said veto is overruled by a four-fifths vote of all the mem-
bers of the Council, said veto shall stand, and such ordi-
nance, resolution, regulation or order shall be null and
void. He shall also have power to veto any one or more
items of appropriation, no matter in what manner the same
may be made. He shall return every ordinance, resolution,
regulation or order passed to the City Council, or the clerk
thereof, within thirty days from the time of the passage of
the same whether he approves the same or not, and if he
vetoes the same he shall give his reasons therefor in writ-
ing. If he fails to return the same within such time such
ordinance, resolution, regulation, order or appropriation
shall become in all respects valid without his approval. He
may call upon any person in the service of the town en-
trusted with the receipt or expenditure of the town's money
for a statement of his accounts as often as he may deem
necessary.

620. The Mayor shall have the sole power of appoint-
ment of all officers herein provided for, subject to confirma-
tion by a majority vote of all the members elected to the
City Council, which confirmation shall not be later than at