1172 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

approve shall become effective and those which he shall not
approve shall be reconsidered by the Council in the same man-
ner and form as hereinbefore prescribed in this section, and
shall become effective if again passed over the veto of the
Mayor by the vote as above prescribed for the passage over the
veto of the Mayor of entire ordinances or resolutions. The
mode and manner of procedure of the Council and of the Mayor
in the matter of the veto of one or more distinct items of appro-
priation in any ordinance or resolution shall be the same as
the mode and manner of procedure prescribed in this section
for the passage of an entire ordinance or resolution over the
veto of the Mayor.

SEC. 71A. The Mayor shall duly and faithfully execute all
ordinances, resolutions or orders of the Mayor and Council in
a prompt and reasonable manner. In the event of the failure or
refusal of the Mayor to execute or have executed any ordi-
nances, resolutions or orders of the Mayor and Council which
have been regularly approved, it shall be competent and proper
for the Council, by order or resolution, to have the matter in
hand properly executed in accordance with the true intent of
the resolution or order, and it shall have the same force and
effect as if it had been regularly done and executed by the
Mayor. And the town treasury shall be liable therefor in set-
tlement of any expenses incurred.

SEC. 80A. The Clerk of the Circuit Court and Register of
Wills for Talbot County shall, on or before the first Monday in
June of each year, transmit to the office of the town clerk of
Easton a list of all alienations of property in Easton recorded
in his office since June first of the preceding year, which list
shall show the property alienated and the consideration for the
same, so as to enable the Mayor and Council to assess the par-
ties to whom the property is conveyed, and the said Clerk and
Register of Wills shall be allowed ten cents for each alienation,
to be paid by the Mayor and Council of Easton.

SEC. 83. All books, documents and papers, accounts, credits
and deposits belonging to said town clerk's office or in the cus-
tody of said Council, shall be delivered up and transferred by
him to his successor in office when such successor is duly ap-
pointed and qualified, and the newly appointed clerk, when
duly qualified, shall be empowered and required to enforce
payment of such taxes as are due and owing at the time of
transfer made, in the same manner as his predecessor could
have done; and he shall have all the powers and authority in
law with which his predecessor was clothed for that purpose,
and the bond of the newly appointed clerk shall become re-
sponsible for the proper collection and accounting of such