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misdemeanor, and on conviction before a justice of the peace
or in the Circuit Court for Garrett county, he shall be removed
from office by the justice of the peace or judge who shall sit
in the case, and any person who shall be convicted and removed
from the office of Mayor, as aforesaid, shall be disqualified
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Misdemeanor
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from holding any office in said corporation. He shall, on the
second Monday in April of each year, appoint and send to the
Town Council for confirmation the names of persons for the
offices of police magistrate, attorney, bailiff and weighmaster,
respectively. He shall have power to remove for cause any
officers, agent, servant or employe of said corporation, who has
been appointed by him or employed by him and to fill any
and all vacancies which may occur in offices which he has the
power to fill. He shall have general supervision of the town,
see that the ordinances are enforced, and from time to time
report to the Town Council such matters as may in his judg-
ment require the attention of the Town Council. He shall
read and sign the minutes of the Town Council after each and
every meeting. He shall have power to administer oaths and
certify the same in all matter pertaining to said corporation
which may be required by the business or transactions of said
corporation. He shall in the absence or sickness of the police
magistrate, in such case only, have power to hear and deter-
mine all cases to which said corporation may be a party, and
over which the police magistrate may have jurisdiction, and
for this purpose he is hereby clothed with all the power and
authority of a justice of the peace. No ordinance shall be
valid without his approval unless the same be passed over his
veto by a two-thirds vote, nor shall any order or resolution for
the payment of money out of the town treasury be valid with-
out his approval in writing. He shall during his official term
hold no other corporation office, nor shall he be interested in
any contract to which the said corporation is a party or when
the money for any contract is to be paid out of the corporation
treasury. He shall receive the sum of titty dollars a year for
his official services, to be paid in quarterly instalments of twelve
dollars and fifty cents. Before entering upon his duties take
and subscribe before the clerk of the Circuit Court for Garrett
county the oath prescribed by section six, Article one, of the
Constitution of Maryland.
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Power of
Mayor.
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