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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

collector, and, if it shall be deemed advisable by said Mayor
and Council, the Mayor shall also appoint one person as. night
watchman, and one person as counsel to the board; provided,
however, that the policeman may also be collector of taxes,
and any of the above named officers shall be subject to re-
moval by a vote of four-fifths of the whole council or by a
vote of three councilmen, with the approval of the Mayor;
the council shall prescribe their duties and fix their compen-
sation, by ordinance, except the secretary and treasurer, who
shall receive the sum of twenty-five dollars per annum.

39. The secretary shall keep a careful and accurate record
of the proceedings of the council, and record all the ordi-

Duties of
secretary.

nances passed, in well-bound books to be kept exclusively for
that purpose, keep all books, papers, records and documents in
his safe custody, make out the assessment books, issue licenses
and permits, and receive the money therefor to be paid into
the treasury, and make monthly reports of the same; he shall
file all claims and accounts presented against the town when
the same are approved and passed by the council, make a
record of the same, and perform such other duties as are im-
posed upon him by law or ordinances, or by the order of the
council, and as treasurer he shall receive all money that may
be collected for taxes, fees, tines or otherwise, by any law or
ordinance, or through the policeman collector or by himself as
secretary, and credit said item under separate heads, and shall
deposit the same in a bank in the town of Berlin to the credit
of the Mayor and Council, promptly, and make monthly re-

Oath and
bond.

ports; and all such money shall be paid out only upon order
of the council, approved by the Mayor and countersigned by
said secretary and treasurer; he shall subscribe to an oath
upon the faithful performance of his duties as such secretary
and treasurer, and shall give bond to the State of Maryland
in the sum of one thousand dollars, to be approved by the
Mayor and the Council, conditioned for the faithful perform-
ance of his duties, and his books shall be subject to inspection
by any taxpayer.

Bond of
policeman.

40. The policeman, before entering upon his duties, shall
five bond to the State of Maryland in the penalty of two hun-
red and fifty dollars conditioned for the faithful performance
of his duties, for the enforcement of the ordinances of the
town and the preservation of its peace and good order. He
shall be vested with all the police powers of constable, and
any one resisting him in the discharge of his duties shall be
liable, upon conviction, to punishment in the same manner and