The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-05-25
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS

| the State Road, thence South II degrees
West, perches South &C degrees East,
! 100 Perches to stake. stone and pointers,
thence North So degrees East, 100
perches to feet Northwest of Service
tree thence North 26! degrees West,
16l perches to stake on West side of
State Road near a culvert, thence
South 721 degrees West. SO perches to
| corner at stone fence, thence South 424
| degrees West, 113 perches to a locust
tree, thence South 25 degrees East, to
place of beginning.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That said
corporation shall be governed by a
| Mayor and six councilmen, and that
| Frederick Burkhard, of said town be
and he is hereby named Mayor of said
town for period of two years from
the date of its incorporation ending the
| first Tuesday in March, 1918, and that
Adam Richter and Robert A. Raven
scroft be and the same are hereby
named and designated as the council
men for the first two years from the
date of its incorporation, ending on the
| first Tuesday in March, 1918, and that
| Floyd c. Diehl and Henry Nj. Speicber
are hereby named as councilmen to
serve for one year from the date of its
| Incorporation ending on the first Tues
| day in March, 1917, and hereafter an
election shall be held on the first Tues
dav in March in each and every year
| for the election of two Councilmen to
serve for two years from the date of
their election or until their successors
shall be duly elected and qualified; and
an election of Mayor of said town to
serve for two years or until his successor
| shall be duly elected and qualified, and
an election shall be held hereafter in
every second year for the election of
| Mayor for said town.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, The Mayor
and Council shall have the power to
pass all such ordinances for conducting
the elections herein provided for or
which may be hereafter authorized to
be held and shall make returns thereof
to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Garrett County. And the qualified
voters of any of said elections shall be
bona fide male residents living within
| the corporate limits of the town Of
! Accident. shall be twenty-one years of
! age or over, who have been residents
of the State of Maryland for the period
| of six months continuously next before
| Tue lGNC VI any SUN titCllOIl, anu Aiidl
no one shall be eligible for the office of
! Mayor and councllmen of said town
unless he shall be q real estate holder
or owner of real estate of said town.
| And the Mayor shall have been a resi-
dent of said town for two years previous
| to his election, and the councimen
shall have been residents of said town
one year prior to their election.
SEC. And be it enacted That if any
vacancy shall occur by death, resigna-
| ton, removal or failure to act of the
| Mayor or one or more of the council
men elected as aforesaid the remaining
| councilmen or a majority of them shall
| elect proper person to fill said yacany.
SEC. 6. And be it enaced, That every
| Mayor and councilman before he pro-
| ceeds to act as such shall make oath
! before some Justice of the Peace of
| Garrett County that he will diligently
! and faithfully, according to the best Of
| his skill and judgment. perform the
| duties of Mayor or councilman as the
case may be, without favor, Partially
or pre- iudice, and a certificate of such
qualification shall be returned by the
| said Justice of the Peace to the said
| council to be filed and recorded among
their proceedings.
SEC. I. And be it enacted, That said
council shall meet at such place as they
may appoint within said town on the
first Monday of every month ensuing
their election and as much oftener by
| adjournment as they may deem neces-
sary; that the said council shall elect a
president of the council, appoint a
clerk, bailitf who shall be tax collector
| of the town, an attorney, and one or
more assesses of taxes and fix their
| salary for compensation. All the officers
| appointed by said council shall hold
their respective Offices for one year from
the date of their appointment or until
their successors are appointed and
| qualified.
SEC. S. And be it enacted, That all
| checks and other orders for the pay
ment of money shall be signed by the
clerk of SAID town and countersigned by
the Mayor thereof; that the said clerk
| shall be the custodian of the monies of
said town and other funds, and shall
keep full and accurate set of books
and accounts of the towns monies and
| funds, and of its records and papers;
| he shall also keep a journal of the
proceedings of the council, which shall
| be open at all times for the inspection
of any citizen; the said clerk shall act
as the treasurer of the said town, and
shall pay out the funds of said corpora
ton only upon the orders of the council
to be signed by the president thereof.
| He shall before he enters upon his duties
take the oath prescribed tor the mem
bers of the council, and execute good
and sufficient bond in such amount and
upon such condition as may be prescribed
by the mayor and council, with sureties
to be approved by the Mayor and
| council.
SEC 9. And be it enacted, That the
bailiff before entering upon the per-
Torrance of his duties shall take the
same oath of Office as the members of
the council. and shall execute bond in
such condition and in such amount as
may be prescribed by the Mayor and
council with sureties to be approved by
the Mayor and council for the faithful
performance of his duties. He shall
perform the police duties of the town
and is clothed with the same power as a
constable under the general laws of the
State of Maryland; he shall promptly
arrest all violators of the ordinances of
the town and bring them before the
| nronar nfficers to he dealt with accord-