528                          LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 197

and Councilmen shall serve for one year or until his, or their,
successor, or successors, shall have qualified.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, the said Mayor
and Common Council, at their first meeting after they shall
have been elected and qualified, shall elect a Clerk, who may or
may not be a member of the Common Council, who shall keep a
careful record of minutes and proceedings and ordinances,
which shall be open to the inspection of all persons interested
therein, and shall safely keep all records and documents, issue
licenses, collect moneys therefor, and turn same over to the
Town Treasurer. He shall also keep proper accounts as Clerk
and shall perform such other duties as the Mayor and Common
Council may assign to him. The Mayor and Common Council
shall fix the amount and authorize the payment of the salary
of said Clerk, and the said Clerk, shall, before assuming the
duties of his office give bond for the faithful performance of
his duties as such Clerk, in such sum as may be directed by the
Mayor and Common Council. In the event of the death, resig-
nation, or removal, of said Clerk from said town, or of his
failure to serve, the Mayor and Common Council shall elect a
successor to serve for the unexpired term.

SEC. 7. On the same day on which the Mayor and Common
Council is to be elected under this Act, and on each and every
first Monday in May in each and every year thereafter, one
person, a legal voter in said town, and owner of real estate to
the value of at least one thousand dollars, shall be chosen by
the voters of said town as its treasurer, to serve for one year
and until his or her successor shall qualify, but before said
treasurer shall enter upon the duties assigned, he shall give
bond payable to the Mayor and Common Council of Seat
Pleasant, in such penalty as the Mayor and Common Council
may fix, with securities to be approved by them, conditioned
as they may direct and the said treasurer shall qualify and
enter upon the duties of his office on or before the first Monday
in June succeeding his election, and a failure to qualify within
the time herein specified shall be deemed a refusal to accept
the office, whereupon the Mayor and Common Council shall
order a new election to fill the vacancy, such election to be
held in the manner prescribed by Section 5 hereof. In the
event of the death, resignation, inability to act or removal for
cause of the treasurer by the Mayor and Common Council, it
shall be its duty to appoint another treasurer under like con-