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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Attend
meetings
of council.

SEC. 9. The town marshal and health officer shall attend the
meetings of the council, and perform such duties as shall be
directed. The marshal shall preserve the peace and good order
of the town, and for this purpose he is invested with the 'same
power and authority as any constable under the laws of the
State.
SEC. 10. The council and all other officers of the corporation

Oath taken.

shall, before they enter upon the duties of their respective
offices, take an oath that they will faithfully and diligently
discharge the duties of their office without favor, partiality or
prejudice, and said oath shall be filed among the records of the
corporation.

Bond given.

SEC. 11. The clerk and treasurer shall give bond to the
council in such penalties and with such sureties as the council
may require conditioned for the faithful performance of the
duties of his office.
SEC. 12. The council shall receive all returns of election and

Council to
receive
returns of
election.

determine all questions arising thereunder; but any person
considering himself aggrieved by such decision may appeal
therefrom to the Circuit Court for Montgomery county, which
court shall hear and determine such appeal and decide who
shall pay the costs thereof.

Prepare a
plat of the
town.

SEC. 13. The council is hereby authorized to prepare a plat
of said town upon which shall be shown all streets, roads and
public ways, whether heretofore laid out or projected, and by
which all lots and property therein shall thereafter be described;
to control the sub divisions of all land and property within the
corporate limits of said town ; to establish building lines and
compel all persons erecting buildings in eaid town to conform
thereto. The council shall have the power, and it shall be
their duty to pass such ordinances as may be necessary, benefi-
cial and proper, and for the enforcement of the provisions of

Power to
pass ordl
nances.

this charter not inconsistent with the laws ;
(1.) To preserve the peace, good order and the best interests
of the town ;
(2.) To maintain its cleanliness and health, and to this end ;
(a) They shall have the same powers as the State Board of
Health of this State within the corporate limits of said town,
and one-fourth of a mile outside thereof in every direction ;
(b) They may adopt and provide an efficient system of drain-
age;
(c) They shall have full power to regulate privies, specify
the character of boxes and other fixtures for them and the
mode in which they shall be emptied and their contents removed,