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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAP. 468 Removal front office.	97 D. The town clerk shall be removed from office by the ! Mayor upon conviction by the Circuit Court of wilful neg- lect of duty, misdemeanors or malfeasance in office. 97 E. The provisions of the Code of Public General Laws
	Provisions of the Code applicable.	of Maryland now in force or hereafter enacted applicable to collectors of State and county taxes, except where the same are repealed by or are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall be held to apply to the town clerk of said town, who as to his powers, rights, duties and liabilities, both civil and criminal, and those of his bond or bondsman, shall be in all respects in the same position as State and county collectors of taxes, except as herein provided. 97 F. Nothing in this article shall be taken or understood
	How construed.	as impairing the duties and obligations of collectors of town taxes heretofore appointed in regard to the levies now in their hands for collection, but such collectors shall proceed to complete such collection under the existing provisions of law as fully as if this Act had not been enacted. 97 G. The Mayor and Council are hereby authorized and
	Authority to borrow a sum of money.	empowered to borrow, on the faith and credit of the town, and for the use of the town, any sum or sums of money not exceeding in the aggregate five thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness for the same,, and in such sums and payable at such time as they may by ordinance prescribe; provided, that the payment of said bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued under authority of this section and the interest thereon must be made by the Mayor and Council from the general taxes levied for the use of the town under the power in this Act conferred, the levying or collecting any special tax for the payment of such bonds or other evidences of indebtedness being expressly prohibited. 97 H. Whenever the Mayor and Council of Easton shall
	Proposition to reconstruct the streets, etc., sub- mitted to legal voters.	determine to reconstruct the streets of the town, or purchase or erect any gas plant, electric light plant, water plant or system of sewers for the town, they shall first submit the proposition to the legally qualified voters of the town at either a general or special election; provided, that the ordi- nance authorizing the issue of bonds for the proposed public work or improvements shall be published in one or more newspapers printed in the town of Easton once a week in