186                         LAWS OF MARYLAND.                 [CH. 101

SOLICITOR.

106.      It shall be the duty of the Town Solicitor to represent
the Mayor and Council in all cases brought for or against the
said town in the courts of the State, in the Circuit Court or
before a magistrate or justice of the peace. He shall prepare
all ordinances and examine, supervise, prepare and approve
as to form, all contracts, specifications, deeds and all other
legal papers of the Mayor and Council. He shall attend to
all legal business for the Mayor and Council.

ENGINEER.

107.      The engineer of the said town shall be a professional
civil engineer, and it shall be his duty to ascertain the estab-
lished monuments of said town, and from them to extend
surveys thereof, and establish. others, and to locate, establish
and survey all streets and alleys within the territorial limits
of said town when so called on or required to do so. He shall
maintain the grade of all streets, and alleys in said town as
have or may be established, and exercise general supervision
and superintendence over all work undertaken on the streets,
alleys and public squares thereof, make estimates and plans
and give instructions as to- grading or otherwise improving the
same, and with respect to the construction of sidewalks, so as
to secure and preserve proper proportions and uniformity in
the height and width thereof; and also to superintend and
direct the construction of all culverts, bridges, drains, and
other improvements projected by the said Mayor and Council;
and he shall see, that all parties contracting with the said
Mayor and Council to do any work as aforesaid, shall faith-
fully perform their contract, and in event of their failure so
to do, it shall be his duty to report the same to the Mayor. He
shall also have and exercise general supervision over the con-
struction of all railways which may at any time be constructed
through or across the streets of said town, requiring them to
conform to the established grade so as not to impede the use
and passage of said streets. It shall be his duty, when it shall
be decided necessary by the Mayor and Council for the proper
execution of any engineering work, to employ such professional
or technical adviser and experts as he may deem requisite,
subject to the approval of the said Mayor and Council, and
he shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by
the Mayor and Council.