208 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 96

It shall be his duty to receive and keep, as herein provided,
all money belonging to the said city, and to pay out the same
only on warrants drawn by the auditor and signed by the
Mayor and countersigned by the Commissioner of finance and
Revenue, under the seal of said Mayor and City Council, and
not otherwise. All moneys belonging to said city and received
by the collector, either from taxes, water rents, licenses or
collections, or from any other sources whatsoever, shall be by
him deposited with the said treasurer daily, and all other offi-
cers shall pay once in each month not later than the last day
thereof, for all moneys received; the treasurer shall give dupli-
cate receipts in all cases, one to the party paying the said
money into the treasury, and one for the auditors; all persons
charged with the collection of any money under this Act or
ordinance passed in pursuance thereof shall promptly pay the
same over to the treasurer, under such penalty as may be pre-
scribed by ordinance, and shall forthwith hand the treasurer's
receipt to the auditor, who shall countersign the original re-
ceipt. Said treasurer shall render a full and complete state-
ment of his receipts and payments to the Mayor and City
Council at the first meeting in each month, and whensoever at
other times he may be required by any members of said City
Council to do so. The Mayor and City Council shall have the
right to require of the treasurer a new bond whenever in their
opinion the existing bond is insufficient; and whenever such
new bond is required, he shall perform no official act until said
bond shall be given and approved in the manner aforesaid.
The said treasurer shall make daily deposits of such sums of
money as shall be received by him from all sources of revenue
whatsoever, to his credit as treasurer of said city in one or
more banks situated in said city, to be selected by said Mayor
and City Council. The Mayor and City Council in the selec-
tion of such depository bank or banks, shall take into consid-
eration the reputation and solvency thereof, and said treasurer
shall do and perform such other acts as said Mayor and City
Council may require of him.

29. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to attend every
meeting of the Mayor and City Council, and keep the min-
utes and records of all their proceedings in a well-bound book
kept for that purpose, and he shall perform such other duties
as may be required of him by said Mayor and City Council.

30. It shall be the duty of the City Solicitor to represent
the said Mayor and City Council in all cases brought for