The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-05-18
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS


thence North 80 degrees East, 100
perches to 6 feet Northwest of Service
tree thence North 261 degrees West,
l6l perches to stake on West side of
State Road near a culvert, thence
South 723 degrees West, So perches to
corner at stone fence, thence South 425
degrees West, lib perches to a locust
tree, thence South 70 degrees East, to
place of beginning.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said
corporation shall be governed by a
Mayor and six aouncilmen, 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
scrott 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 M. Specher
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
day in March in each and every year
for the election of two COuncimen 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 wear for the election Of
Mayor for saia town.
SEC. !. 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 neH before
the date of any such election; and that
no one shall be eligible for the office of
Mayor and councllmen OF said town
unless he shall be 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 councilmen
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 vacany.
SEC. 8. 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 ne 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 prejudice, and a certificate of such
qualification shall be returned bv 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 Nj onday 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 for 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 g. And be it enacted, That the
bailiff before entering upon the per-
Torrance of his duties snail take the
same oath Of Office as the members OF
the council. and shall execute bond in
such condition and in such amount az
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
proper officers to be dealt with accord
ing to law, and shall promptly collect
and payfover to the clerk all taxes and
other claims of said town which NAV