32 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 26

for any wilful neglect of duty or misbehavior in office, by the
Mayor and Town Council, who shall have power to appoint some
competent person for the unexpired term of such officer so
removed.

171. No person shall be eligible to the office of Mayor unless
he shall have attained the age of thirty years, and shall have
resided two years next preceding his election in said town, and
shall be a freeholder in said town of Oakland. The Mayor
elected at any regular election shall hold office for two years
from the first Monday in April next after his election and un-
til after his successor is elected and qualified. Should a vacancy
occur in the office of Mayor by reason of removal from town, re-
moval from office, death, resignation or otherwise, the presi-
dent of the council shall perform all the duties of Mayor and
act as such until the next general election of the Mayor and
Council. Wilful neglect of duty or misbehavior in office on the
part of the Mayor is hereby declared a 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 Jus-
tice 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 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 office of police magis-
trate, attorney, and weighmaster respectively. He shall
have power to remove for cause any officers, agent, servant or
employee 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 en-
forced, and from time to time report to the Town Council such
matters as may in his judgment require the attention of the Town
Council. He shall read and sign the minutes of the Town Coun-
cil after each and every meeting. He shall have power to ad-
minister oaths and certify the same in all matters pertaining to
said corporation which may be required by the business or
transactions of said corporation. He shall in the absence or sick-
ness of the police magistrate, in such case only, have power to
hear and determine all cases to which said corporation may be
a party, and over which the police magistral may have jurisdic-
tion, 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