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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the peace, for violation of any by-laws of the said town,

shall be paid into the treasury of the said town.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the president of

the commissioners shall be the treasurer of the cor-

poration, and shall give bond to the commissioners,

with security to be approved by them in such penalty

Who to to be

as they shall prescribe, conditioned for the faithful per-

treasurer.

formance of his duty as treasurer, and shall receive

and pay away moneys according to the direction of

the commissioners, and shall report to them at least

every three months what disposition he has made of

the same.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That all officers elected

or appointed under this charter shall, before they enter

upon the duties of their office, take an oath that they

Oath to be

will diligently and faithfully, to the best of their judg-

taken.

ment, discharge the duties of their office without favor,

partiality or prejudice, and shall file the certificate of

the officer before whom the same was taken among the

records of the corporation.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the commissioners

Appoint clerk.

shall have power to appoint annually, in the month of

June, a clerk, and assign his duties and fix his com-

Appoint police-

pensation; to appoint annually such policemen and

men.

other officers as they may deem necessary, who, when.

so appointed, shall be and are hereby vested with the

same powers and authority as constables of said county

now have under the laws of this state; to pass by-laws

to preserve the health of the town; to prevent and

remove nuisances and to prevent the introduction of

contagious diseases within the limits of said town ;

for preserving order, securing property and persons

from violence, danger or destruction, and for insuring

Impose fines
and penalties.

the good government of the town, and to impose fines

and penalties for the violation of any by-law; to

open and close streets, roads, lanes and alleys, and

establish footways; and for these purposes the said

commissioners may appoint three persons as exami-

Appoint exam-
iners.

ners, who shall be freeholders in said town, not inter-

ested in or holding any lands through which any

street, lane, alley or footway is to be opened, altered,

closed or established; and the said examiners shall be

qualified and proceed in all respects in the same man-

ner as is provided in the sixteenth, seventeenth, eigh-

teenth, nineteenth and twenty-second sections of art-

icle twenty-eighth of the Public General Laws in re-