394                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [CH. 258

(4) Part-time, temporary, and unpaid offices and positions.

(c) The classified service shall comprise all positions not specifically
included by this section in the unclassified service. All offices and
positions included in the classified service shall be subject to any
merit system rules and regulations ivhich may be adopted.

70.  (Prohibitions.) (a) No IF A MERIT SYSTEM IS ADOPTED,
NO person in the classified service of the town or seeking admission

thereto shall be appointed, promoted, demoted, removed, or in any
way favored or discriminated against because of his political or
religious opinions or affiliations or any other factors not related to
ability to perform the work-: No; NO person shall wilfully or cor-
ruptly commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the im-
partial execution of the personnel provisions of this charter or of
the rules and regulations made thereunder-: No ; NO officer or em-
ployee in the classified service of the town shall continue in such
position after becoming a candidate for nomination or election to any
public officer No; NO person seeking appointment to or promotion
in the classified service of the town shall either directly or indirectly
give, render, or pay any money, service, or other valuable thing to
any person for or on account of or in connection with his appointment,
proposed appointment, promotion, or proposed promotion. No ; NO
person shall orally, by letter or otherwise, solicit or be in any manner
concerned in soliciting any assessment, subscription, or contribution
for any political party or political purpose whatever from any person
holding a position in the classified service of the town-: No; NO person
holding a position in the classified service of the town shall make any
contribution to the campaign funds of any political party or any can-
didate for public office or take any part in the management, affairs,
or political campaign of any political party or candidate for public
office, further than in the exercise of his right as a citizen to express
his opinion and to cast his vote.

(b) Any person who by himself or with others wilfully or cor-
ruptly violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished
by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or by im-
prisonment for a term not exceeding thirty days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment. Any person who is convicted under this
section shall for a period of five years be ineligible for appointment
to or employment in a position in the town service, and shall, if he
be an officer or employee of the town, immediately forfeit the office
or position he holds.

71.    (Retirement System.) The town shall have the power to do
all things necessary to include its officers and employees, or any
of them, within any retirement system or pension system under the
terms of which they are admissible, and to pay the employer's share
of the cost of any such retirement or pension system out of the
general funds of the town.

72.    (Compensation of Employees.) The compensation of all of-
ficers and employees of the town shall be set from time to time by an
ordinance passed by the council, subject to the restrictions imposed
upon establishing the salaries of the Councilmen and mayor.