598 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 314

the discretion of the District Heights Commission. The
cost of said bond shall be paid out of town funds. Said
bond, or a certified copy thereof, and said oath of office,
or a certified copy thereof, shall be kept among the town
records. A similar bond shall be required of any other
officer or employee of the town handling town funds.

(L) Said Commission may, by resolution unanimously
adopted, remove any person from the office of Town Treas-
urer whenever in the judgment of said Commission the
welfare of said town requires such action. And any person
accepting the office of Town Treasurer, by so accepting
said office, consents and agrees that said Commission has
such power so to remove him from office and of finally
terminating any right on his part to receive further salary
or compensation, and of finally terminating any right on
his part to receive or hold any funds, money, property,
records, books, papers or other things or thing of said
town. And the person so removed from the office of Town
Treasurer shall turn over to the said Commission or to the
Secretary Commissioner any and all funds, money, prop-
erty, records, books, papers and other things or thing of
said town in his possession within five (5) days (including
Sundays and holidays), after he shall have been notified
of the adoption of such resolution so removing him from
office, which said notice may be served by said Commission
either personally by any of said Commissioners, or by
posting of a copy of said resolution at the last regular meet-
ing place of said Commission at least five (5) days before
the day named in said resolution for him to turn over the
same. Any person, so removed from such office of Town
Treasurer, who shall fail or neglect so to turn over to said
Commission, or to the Secretary Commissioner, all funds,
money, property, records, books, papers and other things
or thing of said town in his possession, shall be liable, and
the surety or sureties on his bond shall be liable for any
loss or damage that said town may suffer thereby, and said
town may institute appropriate proceedings either at law
or in equity for this purpose in the Circuit Court of Prince
George's County, and, in addition to any such proceedings
as aforesaid, said town may institute, in the Circuit Court
of Prince George's County, a mandamus proceeding against
such removed Town Treasurer, and thereby compel such
removed Town Treasurer to turn over to said Commission,
or to said Secretary Commissioner, all funds, money, rec-
ords, books, papers, and other things or thing of said town.
Provided, however, that nothing contained in this para-
graph of this section shall be construed to limit said town
to the proceedings herein mentioned. And provided fur-