The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-06-26
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS
CHAPTER NO. 345.

Relating to the Selection and Terms of
Office of the Mayor, COuncilmen and
Tax Collector of Kitzmillersville,
and the Power of the Mayor and
Council of charlottesville to Bor-
row Money and Pay Interest There
on, in Certain Cases.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Sections 248 and 252 of
Article IL of the Code of Public Lo-
cal Laws of Maryland 1880 Edi-
tion), title Garrett County, sub
title charlottesville" and to add
two new sections to said Article,
said new sections to be known re-
spectively as Sections 256A and
260A, to follow Immediately after
Sections 256 and 260, of said Arti-
Gle respectively, relating to the
selection and terms of Office of the
Mayor, Councilmen and Tax Collec-
tor of charlottesville; and relat-
ing to the power of the Mayor and
Council of charlottesville to borrow
money and pay interest thereon, in
certain cases.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Sections 248 and 252 of Article II of
the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland 1880 Edition), title Gar
rett County,, subtitle "Kitzmillers-
ville", be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments, and
that two new sections to be known, re-
spectively, as Sections 256A and 260A.
to follow Immediately after Sections
256 and 260, respectively, of said Ar
ticle, and all to read as follows:
248. Said corporation shall be gov
erned by Mayor, whose term of
Office shall be for two years from the
date of his election, or until his success
sor shall be duly elected and qualified,
and six Councilmen, whose terms of
office shall be for four years from the
date of their election, or until their
successors shall be duly elected and
qualified The first election under the
provisions of this section shall be held
on the first Tuesday of February, 1912,
at which time Mayor shall be elected
for a term of two years and three
Councilmen for terms of four years
each from the date of their election,
or until their successors are duly
elected and qualified; and thereafter,
on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in February in each and every
second year Mayor shall be elected
for a term of two years and three
Councilmen for terms of four years !;
the Mayor and three Councilmen elect
ed in February, 1910, shall hold office
only until their successors are elected
on the first Tuesday in February, 1912,
and duly qualified thereafter, but the
three Councilmen elected in February
1941, for terms of two years, shall
continue to hold office until their sue
cessors are elected on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in February,
1914, and duly qualified thereafter.
252. The said Council shall meet at
such place as they may appoint, within
said term, on the first Monday of every
month ensuing their election, and as
much oftener by adjournment as they
may deem necessary. The said Council
shall elect a president of the Council
and appoint a clerk, bailiff, treas
urer, an attorney, and one or more as
SCISSORS of taxes, and fix their salary
All the officers appointed by said
Council shall hold their respective Of
flee for one year from the date of their
appointment or until their successors
are appointed and qualified
256A. At the election held on the
first Tuesday in February, 1912, there
shall also be a Tax Collector elected
from among the citizens of said town,
who shall hold office for term of two
years, or until his successor is duly
elected and qualified, and shall re-
ceive such compensation as may be
fixed by the Council, and thereafter
said office shall be filled by election
every two years. Said Council shall
have the power to remove from office
any Tax Collector who shall fail or re-
fuse to perform properly the duties of
his Office after due notice and hear
ing thereon, and to fill, for the re-
naming portion of his term, any va
cancy which may occur by reason of
the death, resignation or removal of
said Tax Collector.
260A. The Mayor and Council shall
have the power, after the first day of
January of any year, to borrow, if nee
faith and credit of said town, sum of
money not to exceed the total uncol-
lected taxes for the preceding year,
and to pay interest on such loan at the
lowest available rate; provided, how
ever, that in no case shall such interest
rate exceed six 1871 per cent. per an
mum. Said loan and the interest there
on are to be repaid from said taxes as
they are collected If said tax collec-
lions shall prove insufficient to retire
all of said Indebtedness within the
calendar year in which said borrow
ing shall have taken place, said Coun-
Gil shall include in the levy for the
following year a sum sufficient to re-
pay the balance and the interest there
on.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That any law, or part thereof, in
consistent with this Act, be and it is
hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
l, 1911.