812 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 446

order or voucher of the town clerk, approved in writing by
the Mayor. Before entering upon the duties of his office
he shall take and subscribe the oath hereinbefore provided
for and shall give corporate bond to the State of Maryland,
in the penalty of not less than twenty thousand dollars, the
premium on same to be paid by the said town, to be approved
by the Mayor and Council and conditioned for the good and
faithful discharge by him of all the duties appertaining to
his said office as town treasurer of Pocomoke City imposed
upon him by the charter, the ordinances and the requirements
of the Mayor and Council; and said bond shall be recorded
among the general records of the town and also in the office
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, and

there it shall be retained, and his books shall be subject to
the inspection of the Mayor and Councilmen, and the Mayor
and Councilmen may at any time cause said books to be
audited. Failure to approve the bond of the town treasurer,
or to record the same as above required shall not effect the
validity of the bond nor the liability of any body corporate
executing the same, and a certified copy of the record may be
offered in evidence as well as the original.

265. The policemen shall each be vested and clothed with
all the power and authority of a constable, and anyone re-
sisting them, or any of them, in the discharge of their duty
shall be liable upon conviction in the Circuit Court for Wor-
cester County, or before any Justice of the Peace of said
County, in the same manner and to the same extent as if he
had resisted a constable. One of said policemen shall be
designated and named by the said Mayor and Council as
chief of police and all other policemen of said town shall be
subject to his orders and the said chief of police shall be the
executive officer of the Mayor and Council, and shall serve,
deliver or post any order or notice that under any law or
ordinance of the town or under this charter is required to
be served, delivered or posted; and all returns made by the
said chief of police or any other policeman of said town to
the Mayor, the Council or the Mayor and Council, shall have
the same force and effect, and be entitled to and receive the
same credence as a return of a sheriff to any process in the
Circuit Courts of this State. He shall superintend all work
upon the streets, lanes and alleys of the town and shall assist
the Mayor in the enforcement of the ordinances, and to that

end it shall be his duty to make complaint to some Justice