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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the Commissioners of the town for the ensuing year, and
until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Elec-
tions held in said town shall not be required to be conducted
in conformity to the requirements of Chapter five hundred
and thirty eight of the Acts of eighteen hundred and ninety,
or any amendments thereto.

Entitled to
vote.

5. And be it enacted, That all male inhabitants of said town,
citizens of the United States and twenty-one years of age or
over, who shall have resided in said town for six months next
preceding any election at which they shall offer to vote, shall
be entitled to vote for Commissioners of said town, and male
inhabitants of said town who shall own real estate therein of
the value of five hundred dollars shall be eligible for election
as a Commissioner of Chesapeake Beach.

Fail to qualify

6. And be it enacted, That if it shall happen that any of the
persons voted for and duly elected shall from any cause fail
to qualify, then, and in that case, the person receiving the
next highest number of votes shall be deemed to have been
elected, and shall be so informed by the judges of election, and
shall thereupon be entitled to qualify as one of said Commis-
sioners.

Unexpired
term.

7. And be it enacted, That in case of death or resignation
of any Commissioner the remaining Commissioners, not less
than a quorum, shall choose some other duty qualified inhabi-
tant as Commissioner to fill the unexpired term.

Duties
required.

8. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners now in office
shall do and perform all things required or allowed to be
done by this Act; and they are hereby invested with all the
power, and are required to perform all the duties authorized
or required to be done by the Commissioners of said town .
under this Act, and shall continue in office until the first elec-
tion under this Act, and their successors are elected and
qualified.

Shall have
same powers
as Justices of
the Peace.

9. And be it enacted, That the president of the said Board
.of Commissioners, by virtue of his office and as mayor of
said town, shall be and he is hereby endowed with all the
jurisdiction and power of a justice of the peace, except as
to the recovery of debts, and may call upon any officer of
said town entrusted with the receipt and expenditures of
public money for a statement of his accounts as often as he
may think necessary . He shall see that all the ordinances
of the Commissioners are duly and faithfully executed, and
shall report to the Board of Commissioners, at their regular