ACT. 1. ] ALLEGANY COUNTY. 333

the time thus vacated, and no election shall be necessary. By
and with the consent of the Council, the Mayor shall appoint
and employ all agents, servants and employes not otherwise
provided for by law, who may be required for the purpose of
said corporation annually, and shall, by and with the consent
of the Council, fix the compensation for said officers. He shall
have the power to remove any officers so appointed by him, for
cause; he shall have general supervision of the town, to pre-
side at all sessions of the Council and have a casting vote; see
that the ordinances are enforced, and from time to time report
to the Council such matters as in his judgment require their
attention; he shall have power to administer oaths and to cer-
tify the same in all matters pertaining to said corporation, and
for the purpose of hearing and determining all cases to which
the corporation may be a party, he is hereby clothed with all
the powers of a justice of the peace, except as to civil cases;
he may pass sentence and impose fines for all violations of the
ordinances of said corporation, or may imprison, or may both
fine and imprison offenders against said ordinances, and to
carry out his said powers he is hereby vested with the authority
to issue subpoenas for witnesses, and compel their attendance
by fine for contempt, and shall have the power TO include in
his fines for the violation of ordinances the usual costs, which
are allowed to the justices of the peace and to witnesses and to
the bailiff for serving the process, such as are allowed con-
stables under the laws of this State; provided, that no ordi-
nance shall be passed imposing a fine of less than one dollar
nor more than twenty-five dollars, nor for a term of imprison-
ment exceeding thirty days; and provided also, that all fines
imposed and collected shall be paid into treasury of the town.
No order or resolution for the payment of money out of the
town treasury shall be valid without his approval in writing.
During his term he shall hold no other corporation office, nor
shall he be interested in any contract in which the corporation
is a party; he shall receive the sum of twenty-five dollars per
year for his official services, payable annually. Before entering
upon the duties he shall take and subscribe before the retiring
Mayor, or any justice of the peace in Allegany county, the oath
prescribed in section 6 of Article 1 of the Constitution of
Maryland. Annually, on the first Monday in April, he shall
report in writing to the Council the receipts and disbursements
of the town and the sums due to and owing by said town, if
any be due, and make such recommendations as he thinks
proper; which report shall be printed in some newspaper pub-
lished in Allegany county, for the information of the voters of
the corporation.