ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 687

the fourth Monday in April, 1918, at the usual place of hold-
ing elections, in said town, five Commissioners, one of whom
shall be designated as president and who shall' be elected for
one year; two Commissioners to be elected for a term of two
years, and two Commissioners to be elected for a period of
one year, and annually thereafter on the fourth Monday in
April there shall be elected by said voters at the usual place
of election, three. Commissioners, one of whom shall be desig-
nated as president of the Board and shall be elected for one
year, and two Commissioners who shall be elected for two
years, who shall have resided within the corporate limits of
said town, and who shall have been a taxpayer for one year
next preceding the election. Said Commissioners shall hold
office until their successors shall have been duly elected and
qualified.

SEC. 761. The Board of Commissioners of Thurmont shall
annually appoint a collector of town taxes, who shall, before
acting, give such bond as said Board may require, and shall
have the same powers to collect and enforce payment of the
Corporation taxes as the collectors of State and county taxes
now have. The said Board shall also appoint annually a
town bailiff who shall, within the corporate limits, have the
powers and authority of constable, and said Board may also
from time to time, under such conditions and terms as they
by ordinance direct appoint such other officers as they may
deem necessary to carry into effect the ordinances of said
town, and may fix the terms and conditions and compensation
of each, including the collector and bailiff, and may remove
for cause any of said appointees, but not without due notice
and a fair hearing of said cause before such action is taken;
nor shall a collector be appointed before the expiration of the
term of the present incumbent, or said office becomes vacant.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is and it
is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate protection of the public health and safety ana
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 9, 1920.

CHAPTER 397.

AN ACT to direct the County Commissioners of Frederick
County to borrow money on the credit of said county to