HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1361

other things of said town. Said Secretary Commissioner shall,
within the limits of said town, have the same power and au-
thority to administer oath of office of the Commissioner, Town
Treasurer, members of the Board of Election Supervisors, and
other town officers, as is possessed by a Justice of the Peace and
a Notary Public. Any person who swears falsely before said
Secretary Commissioner shall be guilty of the crime of perjury
and shall be subject to the penalties provided by the laws of
the State of Maryland.

(F) That all contracts made by said Commission on behalf
of said town shall be made in the name of the Town of Morn-
ingside, and shall be signed by the Chairman Commissioner, or
Vice-Chairman Commissioner in his absence, and shall be at-
tested by the Secretary Commissioner who shall seal the same
with the town seal. No Commissioner and no other town offi-
cial shall be, directly or indirectly, personally financially in-
terested in any contract awarded or entered into by said Com-
mission on behalf of said town.

(G) That no member of said Commission shall receive out
of town funds or property any salary for his services as such
member of said Commission.

(H) That said Commission shall have no power to appoint
any person to any official position or office in said town to
which is attached any salary payable out of town funds or
property except in the case of the town Treasurer or as other-
wise provided in this Act.

(I) That said Commission shall by resolution appoint a
town Treasurer to be known as the Morningside Treasurer, who
shall also act as Clerk to said Commission. The salary of said
town Treasurer shall be Sixty Dollars (f 60. 00) per annum.

(J) That each of the Commissioners appointed in Section 12
of this Act shall before entering upon the duties of his office,
take oath, before a Justice of the Peace or other officer or per-
son (including a Notary Public), authorized by law to ad-
minister oaths in Prince George's County, and that he will
diligently and faithfully discharge all the duties of his office.
Each of the Commissioners selected under Section 10 of this
Act shall likewise take such an oath, but such oath of any of
such last named Commissioners may be taken either before the
retiring Secretary Commissioner or before a Justice of the
Peace, or other officer or person (including a Notary Public),
authorized by law to administer oaths in said County. Such
oaths, or a certified copy of the same, shall be kept among the
town records.

(K) The said town Treasurer, before entering upon the
duties of his office shall take oath, before the Secretary Com-