WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 875

195. There shall be appointed by a majority vote of the Mayor
and Town Council, at their first regular meeting after each
annual election, or as soon thereafter as possible, a Town
Clerk and Treasurer, a police officer or officers and a health
officer or officers, who may, at the pleasure of the majority of
the Mayor and Town Council, be removed from office and
successors appointed, and who shall, in each case, be qualified
voters in the elections of said Town, and shall qualify by
taking the same oath as the Mayor.

196. The Town Clerk and Treasurer shall attend all meet-
ings of the Mayor and Town Council, shall keep the minutes
thereof, shall keep the ordinance. book hereinbefore provided
for, and shall submit said minutes and said ordinance book to
the inspection, in his presence, of any citizen of said Town.
He shall keep the assessment books, collect all taxes and
receive and pay out all moneys belonging to said Town. He
shall keep an accurate account of the receipts and disburse-
ments of the Mayor and Town Council of Cheverly and shall
render monthly statements to said Mayor and Town Council
of such receipts and disbursements and shall submit his
accounts to them upon their order for audit. Before said
Town Clerk and Treasurer shall enter upon the duties of his
office, he shall execute and deliver to the Mayor a bond, at
the cost and expense of the Town, payable to the Mayor and
Town Council of Cheverly in such penalty as the Mayor and
Town Council by ordinance shall fix, the sureties to be ap-
proved by the Mayor and Town Council and conditioned upon
the faithful performance of the duties of his office. The said
Town Clerk and Treasurer shall receive such compensation
as may be deemed proper by the Mayor and Town Council of
Cheverly.

197. The Town police officer or officers shall, within the
corporate limits of the Town, have the same power, proceed
in the same manner, when arrests are made, as members of
the Prince George's County Police are authorized in similar
cases in which the State of Maryland is a party. It shall be
his or their duty to preserve the peace and good order of the
said Town, and are hereby authorized to make the necessary
arrests in so doing.

198. The health officer, who shall be appointed with the
approval of the State Board of Health, shall make as fre-
quent inspection as may be necessary to maintain the public
health and sanitary condition of the Town, and for this pur:
pose he is vested with the same authority as any health officer
of the State, within the corporate limits of the said Town.