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How to
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Sec. 197A. In the event of such petition being made to the
Mayor and Common Council by any person, as provided for
in the above section, then and in that case the Mayor and
Common Council shall submit the matter as expressed in the
petition to the qualified voters of the town. After giving at
least ten days' notice of said election, when if it shall appear
that a majority of the legal and qualified voters voting at said
election are in favor of so extending the limits of the town as
to take into the corporate bounds thereof the lands so peti-
tioned for, as above provided, then the Mayor and Common
Council shall cause a survey and plat of said lands, lots, streets
and alleys to be made, and shall have the same recorded in
the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Carroll County,
as an addition to the corporate limits of the town and the said
lands, lots, streets and alleys and the inhabitants thereof, so
embraced within the corporate limits of the town, shall be
subject to all its laws and ordinances.
Sec. 197B. And be it further enacted, That all laws now in
force relating or applicable to the Mayor and Common Council
of Union Bridge, or the town of Union Bridge, and not included
in this Act, and not inconsistent with this Act, and all ordi-
nances of the Mayor and Common Council of Union Bridge
now in force and not inconsistent with this Act, shall be and
they are hereby continued until changed or repealed, respect-
ively, by the General Assembly of Maryland, or the Mayor
and Common Council of Union Bridge.
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Officers' terms
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Sec. 197C. And be it further enacted, That all officers pro-
vided for or named in this said Act, whether by election or
appointment, shall continue to hold, exercise or discharge the
duties of their respective offices until they shall be superseded
under the provisions of this Act, and until their successors
shall be duly qualified, and nothing contained in this Act
shall be construed to interfere with the continuity of the
terms or tenure of any of said officers, nor shall a re-appoint-
ment or re-election of any of said officers be necessary in
order to secure the said continuity of their said terms and
tenure of office, unless otherwise provided in this said Act.
Sec. 197D. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved March 30, 1900.
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