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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 560

Corporation
officers
appointed.

to be town marshal, one to be health officer and one to be
clerk and treasurer, to hold office for a term of one year or
until their successors are appointed and qualified, and the
Council shall fix the compensation of each of said officers
and all subordinates under them, and shall prescribe their
duties except as herein provided. The Mayor shall have
the power to appoint, with the approval and consent of the
Council, such deputy marshal or marshals or deputy health
officer or officers and such assistants as may be neces-
sary for the enforcement of all ordinances of the town
relating to the public safety, order, health and cleanliness ;
all appointed officers of the town shall be under the
direct supervision of the Mayor and shall be held respon-
sible to him for the enforcement of all ordinances of the
town, and it shall be the duty of the Mayor to see that
all officers under him shall impartially do their duty as

Minutoe of
proceedings
to be kept.

required by law; the clerk shall keep the minutes of the
proceedings of the Council in a bound book, but with the
consent of the Council the clerk will be allowed to keep the
minutes, if typewritten, in a loose leaf journal, but all leaves
shall be carefully numbered and preserved, and every sixty
days shall be bound in a journal provided for keeping a
record of such minutes; the clerk shall collect and receive
the taxes and all other money due the town, and shall keep
and disburse same in the manner prescribed by the Council,
and shall perform such other duties as the Council may
prescribe; the Council may allow the marshal and deputy
marshal, the health officer and his assistants, and the clerk
such compensations as they may deem proper.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the Mayor shall have all

Certain
powers
granted.

the powers of a justice of the peace in criminal cases where
the town of Glen Echo is a party, and shall receive fees
allowed justices of the peace in similar cases, and an appeal
from his judgment, when the demand or fine exceeds five
dollars, may be taken to the Circuit Court for the county,
which shall hear and determine the matter as upon appeal
from justices of the peace.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the marshal and health

Duties of
marshal and

health officef

officer shall attend the meetings of the Council when
requested, and perform such other duties as the Council
may direct; the marshal shall preserve the peace and good