The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-11-02
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS
CHAPTER COL.

S1l<1l L LIN OOls
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section 400 of Arti-
Gle II of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland $3.50 Edition.
title Garrett County, subtitle
Oakland, setting forth the du-
ties and qualifications for Mayor
of the Town of Oakland.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Sec. 400 of Art. IL of the Code of Pub
lie Local Laws of Maryland 1880 Edi-
tom, title Garrett County, sub-ti-
tie "Oakland", be hereby repealed and
re-enacted as follows:
400. No person shall be eligible to
the office of Mayor unless he shall
have attained the age of thirty years,
and shall have resided two years next
preceding his election in said town,
and shall be freeholder 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 successor is elected and quail
flied. Should vacancy occur in the
office of Mayor by reason of removal
from town, removal from office,
death, resignation or otherwise, the
president of the council shall perform
all the duties of Mayor and act as such
until the next general election of the
Mayor and Council Willful neglect of
duty or misbehavior in office on the
part of the Mayor is hereby declared
misdemeanor, and on conviction be-
fore a Justice of the Peace or in the
Circuit Court for Garrett County, ne
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 and removed
from the office of Mayor as aforesaid,
shall be disqualified from holding any
office in said corporation. He shall
have general supervision of the town,
see that the ordinances are enforced,
and from time to time report to the
Town Council such matters as may in
his judgment require the attention of
the Town Council. He shall read and
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 per-
tanning to said corporation which may
be required by the business or trans
actions 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 a
party, and over which the police mag
istrate may have jurisdiction, and for
this purpose he is hereby clothed with
all the power and authority of justice
of the peace. No ordinance shall be
valid without his approval unless the
same be passed over his veto by a
vote of four members of the Council,
nor shall any order or resolution 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 he be interested in any con-
tract to which the said corporation is
party or when the money for any
contract is to be paid out of the corpo-
ration treasury. He shall receive the
sum of one hundred dollars year for
his official services to be paid in quar-
terly installments of twenty-five dol
lars. Before entering upon his duties
he shall take and subscribe to before
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Gar
rett County, the oath prescribed by
Section 6, Article 1 of the Constitution
of Maryland.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to
be an emergency law and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the
public health and safety, and having
been passed by yea and nay vote,
supported by three-ffths of all the
members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date
of its passage.
Approved May II, 1889.