1402 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 801

in suitable book or books and cause said account of proceed-
ings to be published in some newspaper printed in the town
of Hurlock, in the first following issue thereafter, and if no
such paper is being printed in said town, then in some news-
paper printed in Dorchester County, and he shall keep the
assessment books of said town with the names of the owners
of property arranged alphabetically, and he shall keep a full
and fair account of all money received by him and of all money
paid out showing from whom or what source it was received
and for what and to whom it was paid out, and he shall keep
on deposit in some bank or banks or Hurlock to be designated
by Mayor and Council to the credit of the Mayor and Council
of Hurlock all money received or collected by him for taxes or
from any other source belonging to the said corporation, and
said money to be paid out on checks signed by the Clerk and
countersigned by the Mayor or the President pro tempore of
the Council, and shall be drawn only for such debts or pur-
poses as may have been authorized or designated by the Coun-
cil, and the said Clerk of Hurlock shall make a full and com-
plete report to the Mayor and Council of Hurlock at the regu-
lar meeting on the second Tuesday of each and every month
containing a full and complete statement of the financial con-
dition of said town.

14. That the Clerk of Hurlock shall before entering upon
the duties of his office execute and deliver to the Mayor and
Council of Hurlock a bond with corporate surety to be ap-
proved and premium thereon to be paid for by the said Mayor
and Council and in penalty of at least three thousand dollars
($3000. 00) or more in the discretion of the Mayor and Coun-
cil, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of
the Clerk of the town of Hurlock, and that he will well and
faithfully receive, account for and disburse all monies placed
in his hands or received by him for the use of the said town,
and shall well and truly pay over to his successor in office or
to the order of the Mayor and Council of Hurlock all said
monies and shall perform all other duties of his office ac-
cording to law and the ordinances of the Mayor and Council
of Hurlock.

15. All inhabitants of said town over the age of twenty-one
years who have resided within the corporate limits of Hurlock
six months immediately before the holding of any such elec-
tion, and all citizens of Dorchester County over twenty-one
years of age who own for twelve months next preceding such
election lands assessed for at least one thousand dollars within
said limits shall be entitled to vote at any town election.