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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 423

deciding vote; three members shall constitute a quorum of
said board for the transaction of business.
Section 116. And be it further enacted, That said Council-
men shall hold regular meetings on the first Monday of each

Meetings to be
held.

and every month, and as much oftener as the proper conduct
of the business of said town may require, and for their
services they shall receive such compensation as shall be from
time to time fixed by ordinance, the same not to exceed one
dollar each, for each and every meeting so held and which
they may attend; said couucilmen to regulate by ordinance
the compensation of the Mayor for his services, the same
not to exceed twenty-five dollars in any one year.
Section 117. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the

Duty of Mayor

duty of the Mayor of said town to see that all ordinances of
said town are duly and faithfully executed, and he shall
appoint, subject to the confirmation of the Council, all such
persons as agents and servants of said corporation as may
be necessary to carry out the object and purposes of the
incorporation, and to enforce the ordinances to be passed
thereby, including a clerk to said Council, whose duty it
shall be to attend all meetings of said Council, and to perform
all other such duties as shall be from time to time prescribed
by ordinance; and said clerk shall receive such compensa-
tion as said Council may by ordinance prescribe; and shall
hold said office for one year from the date of his appoint-
ment; all ordinances passed by said Council shall be signed
by said Mayor and president of said Council, and attested
by said clerk, and be by said clerk entered at length in a
book to be kept by him for that purpose, and shall be open
at all times for the inspection of any person or persons
interested; and immediately upon the passage of any ordi-
nance, or as soon thereafter as convenient, said clerk shall
post printed or written copies of said ordinance so passed
by said Council in five of the most public places of said
town.

Section 118. And be it further enacted, That all prosecu-

May prosecute
and recover
in the name
of the Mayor
and Councll
of Grants-
ville.

tions for violation of the ordinances of said town, and all
fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed for the violation of
any of the ordinances of the same, shall be prosecuted and
recoverable in the name of the Mayor and Council of Grants-
ville before such justice of the peace of the State of Mary-
land residing in said town as may be designated by the