212 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 138

arrangement as those used in City Elections shall be furnished
by the Mayor and Council of Salisbury for each primary elec-
tion and shall contain the name of each person who shall file
with the Clerk of the Mayor and Council of Salisbury at least
ten days prior to the time for holding the primary election by
which he seeks nomination, notice in writing of his desire to
be voted on at such election of the office for which he wishes to
become a candidate and the party with which he is affiliated.

(e) Every candidate for the office of Mayor at the time of
filing his notice or petition as above set forth shall pay to the
Clerk of Salisbury the sum of Twenty Dollars and every candi-
date for the office as Councilman at the time of filing his notice
or petition, as above set forth, shall pay to the Clerk of Salis-
bury the sum of Ten Dollars, as filing fee.

(f) The Mayor and Council shall have power to provide by
ordinance for the conducting, regulating and controlling of
Primary or City Elections in any respect not covered by the
specific provisions of this Act.

141. All ordinances and by-laws passed by the City Coun-
cil shall be delivered by the Clerk of the Council at once, or as
soon as conveniently may be, to the Mayor for his approval. He
shall return the same to the Clerk of the said City Council
within six days after delivery to him, inclusive of the day of
delivery and its return, with his approval or disapproval; and
any ordinance or by-law returned by the Mayor without his
approval shall not become a law unless subsequently passed at
a meeting by four-fifths of the whole Council, and within twenty
days from the time of the return of the said ordinance, and if
he shall fail to return same within six days of its delivery as
aforesaid, then the said ordinance or by-law shall become a law
without his approval. The Mayor shall see that all ordinances
and by-laws of the City be strictly enforced; he shall after each
annual election report to the Council the condition of municipal
affairs, with such recommendations as he deems proper for the
public good and welfare of the City; he shall appoint the
officers herein provided, and he is hereby given full control of
the police officers who shall receive orders from him and execute
them according to law and ordinances. The Mayor when he
deems it to the best interest of the City and for cause may sus-
pend any police officer without pay for a period not exceeding
one month. He shall report to the Council his action and if he
deems it advisable for the best interest of the City, he may
prefer charges against such officers to the Council, who shall
try said officers as herein provided. And the Mayor shall receive
an annual salary of Six Hundred Dollars.