1134 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and documents in his safe custody, and turn the same over
to his successor in office; issue licenses and permits and
receive the money therefor, and make monthly reports of the
same to the Council, and as treasurer he shall receive all
money that may be collected for taxes, fees, fines, or other-
wise, by any law or ordinance, or through the policeman-col-
lector or by himself as secretary, and credit said item under
separate heads, and shall deposit the same in some bank in
the town of Berlin to the credit of the Mayor and Council,
promptly, and make monthly reports of the same No money
shall be paid out except upon order of the Council, duly passed
and approved by the Mayor and countersigned by said secre-
tary and treasurer. The secretary and treasurer, the tax col-
lector and all other officers of said town, except as otherwise
specially provided, whether elected or appointed, before en-
tering upon the duties of the office to which they are elected
or appointed, shall take the oath required by article 1, section
6 of the Cpnstitution, before the Mayor, who is authorized to
administer all official oaths to officers of said town, and they
shall each subscribe to said oath in one of the record books of
the town kept for that purpose. The said treasurer shall give
bond to the State of Maryland in the sum of one thousand dol-
lars to be approved by the Mayor and Council, conditioned for
the good and faithful discharge by him of all the duties apper-
taining to his said office of treasurer of Berlin imposed upon
him by the charter, the ordinances and the requirement of
the Mayor and Council; and said bonds shall be recorded
among the general records of the town and also in the office
of the clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester county, and
there shall be retained, and his books shall, as shall all the
books of said town, be subject to inspection by the Mayor and
Council or by any taxpayer, and the Mayor and Council may
at any time cause said books to be audited. The failure to
approve the bond of the town treasurer or to record the same
as above required shall not affect the validity of the bond or
the liability of any person signing the same, and a certified
copy of the record may be offered in evidence, as well as the
original. The term of office of the said secretary and treas-
urer, policeman and tax collector shall be one year from the
date of their appointment, or until their successors shall have
been appointed and qualified, subject, however, to removal for
cause and after notice as hereinafter provided.

40. The policeman shall be vested and clothed with all the
power and authority of a constable, and any one resisting him
in the discharge of his duty shall be liable upon conviction in
the Circuit Court for Worcester county, or before any justice