HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 261

"Hampstead", relating to the duties of the Clerk and Bailiff
of the town of Hampstead.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 74 and 82 of Article 7 of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Carroll
County", sub-title "Hampstead", be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted to read as follows:

74. The Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Council, at the first meeting after their election and qualifica-
tion, or as soon thereafter as may be, each year, shall appoint
a clerk of said town from among the qualified voters thereof,
who shall keep accurate minutes of their proceedings, and
shall record all laws and ordinances passed by them, in a
well-bound book, which shall be kept open to public inspec-
tion, and all laws and ordinances when recorded in said book
shall be therein signed by the Mayor and attested by the
clerk, and said book shall be evidence of said ordinances in
any court of law in this State; and said clerk shall attest
all ordinances passed by said Mayor and Council, and cause
copies of the same to be posted in not less than five of the
most public places in said town; he shall file and keep all
original papers entrusted in his care; he shall act as treas-
urer to said corporation, and as such shall keep in a well-
bound book an accurate account of the receipts and disburse-
ments of all moneys and funds of the said corporation, and
shall pay out said funds only on the order of the chairman of
the council, after bills or orders therefor shall have been
passed by a majority of the council; he shall report annually
in writing to the Major and Council, a detailed statement of
the financial condition of the corporation, showing the sev-
eral sums of money received and expended, from whom re-
ceived, and for what purpose and on what account expended,
and to whom paid, and shall cause copies of said statement
to be posted in not less than five of the most public places in
said town; he shall be collector of all taxes levied by said
corporation and shall collect said taxes by distress or execu-
tion in the same manner as the County taxes of Carroll Coun-
ty are now collected, and shall for that purpose have all the
powers and indemnities in his office that the collector of the
County taxes of Carroll County now has; and for any failure
on his part to account for any taxes collected by him, or
other funds belonging to the corporation, he shall be subject
to suit on his bond; he shall inform himself, annually, of all
the property within the corporate limits liable to assessment
which may have been omitted from the last assessment, and
of all buildings and improvements made, and of all property