1566 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 538

to administer oaths that they will diligently and faith-
fully, without partiality, favor, or prejudice and well and
truly perform the duties of their office: the mayor, the
members of the council, the town clerk, the members of
the Board of Supervisors of Elections, and such other offi-
cers and employees of the town as the council may require.
A certificate of each oath shall be returned to the council
and shall be recorded in the minutes of the council.

OFFICIAL BONDS

97. The mayor and such other officers and employees
of the town as the council or this charter may require,
shall give bond in such amount and with such surety as
may be required by the council. The premiums on such
bonds shall be paid by the town.

DEEDS

98. No deed or deeds conveying real estate or chattels
real, situated or located within the corporate limits of the
Town of Mt. Airy, shall be admitted to record among the
land records of the Circuit Court for Carroll County or
the Circuit Court for Frederick County until the property
thereby conveyed or assigned has been duly transferred
upon the town assessment books in the office of the mayor
to the grantee or assignee named in such deed. Before such
property shall be transferred on the assessment books, all
town taxes, special assessments, water rents, and other
public charges due to the Town of Mount Airy for the
current year and all prior years must be paid, and as evi-
dence of such payment the mayor shall stamp upon the
deed his certificate thereof. The mayor shall further cer-
tify the fact of the transfer upon the deed, and the clerk
of either Circuit Court shall not record or accept for re-
cording any deed without the certificates of the mayor as
prescribed by this section.

PRIOR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

99. All right, title, and interest held by the Town of
Mount Airy or any other person or corporation at the time
this charter is adopted, in and to any lien acquired under
any prior charter of the town, are hereby preserved for
the holder in all respects as if this charter had not been
adopted, together with all rights and remedies in relation
thereto. This charter shall not discharge, impair, or release
any contract, obligation, duty, liability, or penalty what-
ever existing at the time this charter becomes effective.