1484 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 680

shall be subject to the check of said commission, to be signed
by said treasurer and countersigned by the chairman thereof.
The said commission is hereby authorized and empowered out
of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds to pay the debt due
Mary Elma Fletcher under a judgment recently recovered
against the Mayor and City Council of Havre de Grace in the
Circuit Court for Harford County and affirmed by the Court
of Appeals of Maryland, and to cause proper satisfaction of
said judgment to be entered of record. The said Commission
is also authorized and directed to improve the streets of said
city in such manner and by such methods as the said Com-
mission or a majority thereof shall determine, and to provide
buildings and equipments for city fire departments and for
that purpose to employ and fix the compensation of said treas-
urer and such assistants as engineers, clerks, mechanics and
laborers as may be necessary and proper for carrying on all
such work as they may need by virtue of this Act; or the said
Commission, in their discretion, may make a contract or con-
tracts for the accomplishment of the work aforesaid.

Section 347. It shall be the duty of said Commission or
their successors to render a statement of their expenditures,
together with a full account of their proceedings, to the Mayor
and City Council of Havre de Grace on the first days of July
and October, January and April of each year during which
they are engaged in such work.

Section 348. Should any vacancy or vacancies occur in the
membership of said Commission by death, resignation or other-
wise, a majority of the members thereof shall have full power
to fill such vacancy or vacancies; provided, however, that the
person or persons selected shall be registered voters or tax-
payers of said city; and the said Commission is hereby directed
to keep full and accurate minutes of its proceedings, which
shall be open to the public for their inspection on such reason-
able terms as said Commission may prescribe.

Section 349. All officers provided for or named in this Act,
whether by election or appointment, shall continue to hold,
exercise and discharge the duties of their respective offices
until they shall be superseded under the provisions of this Act,
and until their successors shall be duly qualified, and nothing
contained in this Act shall be construed to interfere with the
continuity of the terms or tenure of any of said officers; nor
shall a reappointment or re-election of any of said officers be
necessary in order to secure the said continuity of their said