856 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 289

for the proper performance of their official duties. No ordi-
nance or resolution shall be introduced until reduced to writing
and read aloud at the meetings and three affirmative votes with
the signatures of those voting in favor thereof shall be affixed
to the written ordinance or resolution before it shall become
effective. After the passage of any ordinance or resolution it
shall be recorded by the Town Clerk and Treasurer in an
Ordinance Book to be provided by the town. The minutes of
all meetings of the Mayor and Town Council shall be entered
in a Minute Book to be provided by the town, and no money
shall be expended by the Town Clerk and Treasurer, pursuant
to any ordinance, resolution, or order of the Mayor and Town
Council until full and complete entry has been made by him
in the proper books of record.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That there shall be
appointed by a majority vote of the Mayor and Town Council,
at their first regular meeting after each annual election, or as
soon thereafter as possible, a Town Clerk and Treasurer, a
Marshall and a Health Officer, who may, at the pleasure of the
majority of the Mayor and Town Council, be removed from
office and successors appointed, and who shall, in each case, be
qualified voters in the elections of said town, and shall qualify
by taking the same oath as the Mayor.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the Town Clerk
and Treasurer shall attend all meetings of the Mayor and Town
Council, shall keep the minutes thereof, shall keep the ordi-
nance book hereinbefore provided for, and shall submit said
minutes and said ordinance book to the inspection, in his pres-
ence, of any citizen of said town. He shall keep the assessment
books, collect all taxes, and receive and pay out all moneys
belonging to said town. He shall keep an accurate account of
the receipts and disbursements of the Mayor and Town Council
of Riverdale Heights and shall render monthly statements to
said Mayor and Town Council of such receipts and disburse-
ments and shall submit his accounts to them upon their order
for audit. Before said Town Clerk and Treasurer shall enter
upon the duties of his office, he shall execute and deliver to the
Mayor a bond, at the cost and expense of the town, payable
to the Mayor and Town Council of Riverdale Heights in such
penalty as the Mayor and Town Council by ordinance shall
fix, the sureties to be approved by the Mayor and Town Coun-