354 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 195

in addition to those herein provided, as the Mayor and Coun-
cilmen may require and confer upon him, not inconsistent with
the constitution and laws of this State and the provisions of
this Act. In the case of absence, sickness or inability to act
of the Chief of Police, the Police Commissioner or the Mayor
and Councilmen shall have the power and it shall be their duty
to designate some other member of said police department as
acting Chief of Police during the period of such absence, sick-
ness or inability of said Chief of Police.

Section 142-B. Before the Mayor and Councilmen of Frost-
burg shall be liable for damages of any kind, the person injured
or someone in his behalf shall give the Mayor or City Clerk
notice in writing of such injury within thirty days after the
same has been received, stating specifically in such notice when,
where, and how the injury occurred and the extent thereof.
The Mayor and Councilmen of Frostburg shall never be liable
on account of any damage or injury to person or property
arising from or occasioned by any public street, highway, or
grounds, including accumulations of snow or ice or any public
work of the city unless the specific defect or the accumulation
of snow or ice causing the damage or injury shall have been
actually known to the Mayor or City Engineer by personal
inspection for a period of at least twenty-four hours prior to
the occurrence of the injury or damage, unless the attention
of the Mayor or the Engineer shall have been called thereto
by notice thereof in writing at least twenty-four hours prior
to the occurrence of the injury or damage and proper dili-
gence has not been used to rectify the defect or cause said
accumulations of snow or ice to be removed after actually
known or called to the attention of the Mayor and City Engi-
neer a; s aforesaid.

Section 163-A. The Mayor and Councilmen shall cause to
be made and maintained a registration of the legal voters of
said town, and the registration shall be made under the direc-
tion of the Mayor and Councilmen during the month of March,
in the year 1928, and biennially thereafter and the registra-
tion so made under the authority of the law shall, together
with such additional changes or alterations as may be or
become necessary, constitute such registration. Said regis-
tration shall be made and corrected in the manner provided
in the general registration law of the State, and shall specify
the residence of the voters on each street, lane and alley, and