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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

same at once and issue certificates of elections to the persons
receiving the largest number of votes; said certificates shall be
recorded among the proceedings of the Council. Should the
Mayor or the clerk of the City Council fail to perform the
duties imposed upon him under this section he shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to indictment in the
Circuit Court for Worcester county, and upon conviction shall
be fined not exceeding fifty dollars, to be paid into the treasury
of the city; provided, that said judges or a majority of them
shall have the right at any municpal election to swear any
applicant to vote as to his residence or ownership or interest in
real estate in said city, as the case may be, and the production
of a tax receipt not more than -one year back by such appli-
cant, if a non-resident of said city, shall be evidence of his
right to vote.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the Mayor shall have power

Appoint
policemen

to appoint policemen, not to exceed three in number, one of
whom may be designated as chief of police, to be regulars, and
as many specials as he may deem necessary, for the protection,
regulation and good government of the city, and by and with
the advice of the City Council, he shall appoint one person as
treasurer of said city and one person as collector of taxes of
said city, and such other officers or employes as the law may
authorize to be appointed, except however, the clerk of the
City Council who shall be elected by the City Council ; pro-
vided, however, the same person shall not hold at the same
time both the office of treasurer and collector of taxes.

Message to
be sent to
the city
council.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the Mayor shall see that all
ordinances of the city are faithfully executed and shall send a
written message to the Council after each election concerning
the condition of municipal affairs, accompanying his message
with such recommendations as he may deem proper for the
public welfare of the city, and shall have the power to veto
any ordinance or other measure passed by the Council which
does not meet his approval, and no ordinance or other measure
vetoed by the Mayor shall become law unless subsequently
passed within sixty days from the date when notice of said
veto shall be sent by him to the Council or the president
thereof, by the unanimous vote of the Council at a regular
meeting of the same.

Meet once a
month.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the City Council shall meet
regularly once a month, if practicable, and as much oftener as
they may deem proper for the dispatch of business, or when-
ever the Mayor shall call them together ; and at the first meet-