HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1195

of Mayor and act as such until the next general election of
the Mayor and Council. Willful neglect of duty or misbe-
havior in office on the part of the Mayor is hereby declared
a misdemeanor, and on conviction before a justice of the
peace or in the Circuit Court for Garrett County, he shall be
removed from office by the Justice of the Peace or Judge who
shall sit in the case, and any person who shall be convicted
and removed from the office of Mayor as aforesaid, shall be
disqualified from holding any office in said corporation.
He shall have general supervision of the town, see
that the ordinances are enforced, and from time to
time report to the Town Council such matters as may in
his judgment require the attention of the Town Council. He
shall read and sign the minutes of the Town Council after
each and every meeting. He shall have power to administer
oaths and certify the same in all matters pertaining to said
corporation which may be required by the business or trans-
actions of said corporation. He shall in the absence or sick-
ness of the police magistrate, in such case only, have power
to hear and determine all cases to which said corporation may
be a party, and over which the police magistrate may have
jurisdiction, and for this purpose he is hereby clothed with
all the power and authority of a justice of the peace. No ordi-
nance shall be valid without his approval unless the same be
passed over his veto by a vote of four members of the Council,
nor shall any order or resolution for the payment of money
out of the town treasury be valid without his approval in
writing. He shall during his official term hold no other cor-
poration office, nor shall he be interested in any contract to
which the said corporation is a party or when the money for
any contract is to be paid out of the corporation treasury.
He shall receive the sum of one hundred dollars a year for his
official services to be paid in quarterly installments of twenty-
five dollars. Before entering upon his duties lie shall take and
subscribe to before the clerk of the Circuit Court for Garrett
County, the oath prescribed by Section 6, Article 1 of the
Constitution of Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed by yea and nay vote, supported by three-
fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses
of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the
date of its passage.

Approved May 17, 1939.