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duties of his office as prescribed by this Act or which may be
prescribed by any by-law or ordinance of the said Commission-
ers, to the best of his skill and judgment; he shall sign all drafts
or orders for money appropriated or ordered by the Commission-
ers to be paid by the Treasurer and shall keep a record of the
proceedings of said Commissioners in a book to be provided by
them .for that purpose, which shall at all times be opened to the
inspection of any person interested. The Bailiff or Bailiffs
shall be appointed from among the inhabitants of said town
qualified to vote for Commissioners, provided, however, that
the said Commissioners may appoint the constable or constables
of the election District in which said town is located, if he be
a resident of said town or will reside therein after his ap-
pointment ; before entering upon the duties of his office he shall
make oath before a Justice of the Peace for Caroline County
or any Notary Public, that he will faithfully and impartially
perform the duties imposed upon him by this act of Incorpora-
tion and the by-laws or ordinances of said Commissioners and
shall execute to the State of Maryland a bond with good and
sufficient surety to be approved by the said Commissioners in
such penalty as they shall prescribe conditioned that he will
well and faithfully perform the duties of said office in all
things appertaining thereto according to law and the ordi-
nances of said Commissioners, and shall well and truly collect
and pay over to the Treasurer of said Corporation all taxes
levied by them, which by law or the ordinances of said Com-
missioners it shall be his duty to collect, and all other sums of
money that may be received by him for the use of said Cor-
poration.

SEC. 80. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer shall
be appointed from among the citizens of said town qualified
to vote for Commissioners, and before entering upon the duties
of his office shall give bond to the State of Maryland with good
and sufficient surety to be approved by the said Commissioners
in such penalty as the said Commissioners shall prescribe con-
ditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office
of Treasurer to the said Corporation of Denton, and that he
will well and faithfully receive, account for and disburse all
moneys placed in his hands or received by him for the use of
said Corporation, and shall well and truly pay over to his
successor in office or to the order of said Commissioners, signed
by their Secretary and countersigned by their President, all
said moneys and shall perform all other duties of his office
according to law and the ordinances of said Commissioners;