The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-05-30
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of Maryland, title Garrett County," sub
title Oakland" as said sections were re-
pealed and re-enacted by Chapter 343 of
Acts OF 1879 and by Chapter Is of Acts of
1898 and by Chapter 359 of Acts of 1906.
Section 1854 as enacted by Chapter 943 of
ACTS OF 1892 anC repealed and re-enacted
by chapter Is of Acts of 1898. and Sections
l65B and 1859 as enacted by Chapter
Is of the Acts of 1898, and to add
certain new sections to sail Article Il of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary
land, title Garrett County and sub
title Oakland one of said sections to
follow Immediately after Section 10 and
10 De designated and numbered as Sec
ton l70A, and the other to follow i'm
mediately after Section 1877 and to be des-
ignated and numbered as Section lS7A.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That sections 16s
III, ia, III and 1S9 of Article - of the Code OF
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title Gar
rett County," sub. title Oakland as said
sections were repealed and re-enacted by
Chapter 3i3 of Acts of 1872 and by Chapter
% OF the Acts of 1898 and by Chapter $50 of
Acts of 1906, Section 1854 as enacted by
Chapter 343 of Acts of 1892 and repealed and
re-enacted by Chapter % of Acts of 1895, and
ter . of Acts of 1895, be and the same are
hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments, and certain new sections be
and are hereby added to said Article y Of
the Code of Public Local Laws of MARYLAND,
title Garrett County" sub title Oakland y
one OF said sections to follow Immediately
dltel CeCJlOu ~ anu TO De designated and
numbered section l70A, the other to follow
Immediately after Section ls7 and to be des-
lgnated and numbered as Section ls7A the
whole to read as follows:
16S. The officers of said corporation shall
be Mayor, Town Council, which shall be
composed OF six members, a President of the
Town Council, Town Clerk, Treasurer, a
IaxiCollector, Police Magistrate, an At
torney, a WeighmaSter, Street COmmiss-
Toner, Bafiff and such number of Police
men as the public welfare of said town NAV
require, who shall severally perform such
duties ana nave such powers as may be pre-
Scrlbed by law and the ordinances passed in
pursuance thereof. The NAV or and mem
bers of the Town Council. Treasurer Tax
Collector and Bailiff shall be elected by the
voters OF said town. The Town Clerk and
Street Commissioner shall be elected by the
Town Council. the Police Magistrate Attor-
ney, Weighmaster and Policemen, shall be
appointed by the Mayor by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Town Council All
officers elected by the Town Council or an
pointed by the Mayor shall hold their re
Monday of April in the year for which they
are appointed and until their successors are
elected and qualified.
l7OA. That at the election of municipaI
officers of the town of oakland to be held in
said town on the second Monday in March
1919 and every year thereafter a Tax Col
lector, Treasurer and a Baliif shall be
elected by the qualified voters of said town
ana which said officers shall hold Office for
the term of one year from the first Monday
in April for the year for which they are
elected and until their successors are elect
ed ana quallfed, and shall be subjected to
removal from Office at any time for any will
full neglect of duty or miSbehaviOr in office
by the Mayor and Town Council, who shall
have power to appoint some competent per-
son for the uneXpired term OF such officer so
removed.
III. No person shall be eligible to the of
flee of Mayor unless he shall have attained
the age of thirty years, and shall have re
sided two years next preceding his election
in said town, and shall be a freebooter in
said town of Oakland. The Mayor elected at
any regular election shall hold Office for two
years from the first Monday in April next
after his election and until after his success
or Is elected and qualified. Should a va
cancy occur in the office of MayOr by rea-
son OF removal from town, removal from
once. death, resignation or otherwise, the
president of the council shall perform an
the duties Of Mayor and act as such until the
next General election of the Mayor and
council. Wltul neglect of duty or mlShp-
haviOr in office on the part of the Mayor is
hereby declared a misdemeanor. ana on
conviction before justice OF the peace or in
the Circuit Court for Garrett County he
shall be removed from Office by the Justice
OF the Peace or Judge who shall sit in the
case, and any person who shall be convicted
ana removed from the office of MayOr as
aforesaid, shall be disqualified from holding
any office in said corporation. He shall, on
the second Monday in April OF each wear ap-
point and send to the Town Council for
office of police magistrate. attorney and
weghmaster respectively. He shall have
power to remove for cause any officers.
agent, servant or employee of said corpO-
ration who has been appointed by him or
employed by him and TO FIJI any and all va
cancieS which may occur in offices which he
has the power to fill. He shall have general
supervision OF the town, see that the ord-
nances are enforced, and from time to time
report to the Town Council such matters as
may in his judgment require the attention
of no af.f1 10 .sl.g
sign the minutes of the Town Council after
each and every meeting. He shall have
power to administer Oaths and certify the
same in all matters pertaining to said cor
pOration which may be required by the
business or transactions of said CORPORATION.
He shall in the absence or sickness OF the
police magistrate, in such case only, have
power TO hear and determine all cases to
which said corporation may be party. and
over which the police magistrate may have
jurisdiction, and for this purpose he is
hereby clothed with all the power and
authority of a justice of the peace. No Ordi-
nance shall be valid without his approval
unless the same be passed over his veto by a
twO-thirds vote, nor shall any order or res
Olution for the payment of money out of the
town treasury be valid without his approval
in writing. He shall during his Official term
hold no other corporation office, nor shall
lie be interested IN any contract to which
the said corporation is a party or when the
money for any contract is to be paid out of
the corporation treasury. He shall receive
his official services to be paid in quarterly
installments of twenty five dollars. Before
entering upon his duties he shall take and
subscribe to before the clerk of the Circuit
Court for Garrett County, the oath prescrib-
ed by section six, Article one of the ConSti-
tuition of Maryland.
ia. The Town Council shall meet on the
first Monday in each month and at such
other times as it may deem necessary for
the public business. The members of the
Town Council shall be entitled to two dol
lars and fifty cents per day each for attend
ing the session of the council or attending
to the other public business required OF
them; not, however, to exceed fifty dollars
to any member in any one year.
III. The members of the Town Council
shall meet at their regular place of meeting
on the first Monday IN April in each year to
organize; they shall elect one of their num-
Der to be president of the Town Council,
who shall preside at their meetings and in
the absence of the Mayor, or in case of va
clothed with all the powers and perform all
the duties Of Mayor. The Town Council
shall also at said meetings elect a town
clerk, and street commissioner. In case of
a vacancy in the offices of the treasurer. tax
collector or bailiff by reason of death, resig-
nation, removal from office or otherwise,
the said Town Council shall have the power
to fill said vacant office by appointment
from the unexpired term of said office so
vacant. The council shall not allow or pass
any order for the payments of claims or in
debtedness against the said corporation I'M
less such claims are probated and sworn to.
ls7A. The town Clerk shall receive for his
services the sum of three hundred dollars
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