1462 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 680

twenty days' notice, and shall be conducted in all respects as
regular elections are conducted.

Section 300. The Mayor by virtue of his office shall preside
over all meetings of the City Council and see that the ordi-
nances of the City are duly and faithfully executed; by and
with the advice and consent of the City Council he shall an-
nually appoint a Bailiff, Clerk and Treasurer, and such other
officers as the ordinances of the City may provide; he shall
annually on the first Monday in April report to the Council
in writing the general state of the City, with an accurate ac-
count of money received and expended, which said report shall
be published in two newspapers of said City, if so many be
published therein giving a full particular statement of all re-
ceipts and disbursements; he shall have power to remove any
of the officers appointed by him for neglect or violation of any
duties pertaining to their respective offices, and shall appoint
others in their stead, subject to confirmation by the City Coun-
cil as in the case of original appointments; he shall have gen-
eral supervision of the City, and he shall receive for his serv-
ices an annual salary of Fifty Dollars; he shall, by and with
the advice and consent of the City Council, appoint three citi-
zens of known integrity, experience and sound judgment, one
of whom shall be a physician, who, together with the Mayor and
City Attorney, shall constitute the Board of Health, and as
such shall have all authority within the limits of said City,
and within one mile thereof, that is now or may be hereafter
vested in the Health Officer of Harford County or in inspectors
of the State Board of Health, or that may be vested in them
by the Charter and ordinances of said City. The members of
said Board shall hold office for two years from the date of
their respective appointments and until the qualification of
their successors, and shall receive such compensation for their
services as may be allowed by ordinance.

Section 301. All ordinances passed by the City Council
shall be attested by the Clerk and approved by the Mayor; if
the Mayor shall disapprove any ordinance passed by the Coun-
cil, he shall return the same, with his reasons therefor, at their
next regular meeting, when, if passed by five-sixths of all mem-
bers elected to said Council, over the Mayor's veto, it shall be
an ordinance to all intents and purposes as if it had been ap-
proved by the Mayor; and if the Mayor shall fail to return any
ordinance passed by said Council, at their next regular meeting
after it shall have been presented to him, such ordinance shall