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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shall be subject to removal by a vote of four-fifths of the
whole council, or by a vote of three councilrnen with the
approval of the mayor. The council shall prescribe their
duties and fix their compensation by ordinance, except the
secretary and treasurer, who shall receive, in addition to his
salary as councilman, the sum of twenty-five dollars per
annum.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the secretary shall keep a

Duties of sec-
retary and
treasurer.

careful and accurate record of the proceedings of the council
and record all the ordinances 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, and when the same are
approved and passed by the council, make a record of the same,
and perform such other duties as are imposed upon him by law
or ordinances or by order of the council; and as treasurer, he
shall receive all money that may be collected for taxes, fees, fines
or otherwise, by any law or ordinance, or through the policeman,
collector, or by himself as secretary, and credit each item under
separate heads, and shall deposit the same in the First National
Bank of Snow Hill to the credit of the mayor and council
promptly, and make monthly reports; and all such moneys
shall be paid out only by order of the council, approved by the

Oath and
bond.

mayor and countersigned by said secretary and treasurer; he
shall subscribe to an oath for the faithful performance of his
duties as such secretary and treasurer, and shall give bond to
the State of Maryland in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars,
to be approved by the mayor and council, conditioned for the
faithful performance of his duties; and his books shall be sub-
ject to inspection by any taxpayer.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the policeman, before

Oath and
bond of
policeman.

entering upon his duties, shall give bond to the State of Mary-
land in the penalty of tive hundred dollars, conditioned for the
faithful performance of his duties, and shall subscribe to an
oath for the faithful performance of his duties for the enforce-
ment 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 to the same extent as if he had resisted a