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of the city, when printed and published., and bearing on the
title page thereof the words "Ordained and published by the
Mayor and City Council of Cumberland, " or words of like im-
port, shall be prima facie evidence of their authority, and shall
be admitted and received in all courts and places, without fur-
ther proof.

25. The style of all ordinances shall be, ''Be it ordained by
the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland, " but such caption
may be omitted when said ordinances are published in book
form, or are revised and digested under the order of the Mayor
and City Council.

26. The Mayor and City Council, at their first meeting
after their qualification, or as soon thereafter as possible, shall
select the following officers, to wit: A City Clerk, a City So-
licitor, an Auditor, a Collector of Taxes, a City Magistrate, a
doctor to act as a member of the Board of Health, a City
Engineer, a Superintendent of Streets, a Superintendent of
Water and Electric Light Works, a Water Waste Inspector, and
if deemed necessary by the Mayor and City Council at any
time, an assistant City Engineer. All said officers so elected
shall receive such salary or compensation as the Mayor and
City Council may, by ordinance, provide, payable in equal
monthly installments, and shall hold their offices for two years,
and until the election and qualification of their successors, un-
less removed by the said Mayor and City Council, under the

authority vested in it by this Act.

27. The said Mayor and City Council shall also have the
power and authority in conjunction with the Board of Di-
rectors of the Evitts Creek Water Company to contract with a
competent man to hold the position of Superintendent at the
Evitts Creek Dam, and to provide for his duties by appropri-
ate ordinances.

28. In addition to the duties hereinbefore prescribed for
the commissioner of finance and revenue, he shall also be the
treasurer of said city, and as such treasurer shall give bond in
such amount and in such form as may be required by the said
Mayor and City Council, in a sum not less than twenty thou-
sand dollars ($20, 000. 00) with a surety company authorized
to do business in the State of Maryland as surety (the cost of
same to be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Cumber-
land), to be approved by the Mayor and City Council, said
bond to be conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties.