JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

resignation or removal of the Mayor, shall act as Mayor for
the time being until a Mayor shall be elected to fill the
vacancy.

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In the event of the failure to take the oath by the Mayor-
elect or any member-elect of the City Council within two
weeks after the meeting aforesaid, such failure shall be deemed
a refusal to act, and the Mayor and members of the Council
elected and qualified, or the members of the Council elected
and qualified, as the case may be, shall proceed to order a
new election to fill the vacancy; said election shall be held
after not less than twenty days' notice, and shall be conducted
in all respects as the regular election.

Failure
to qualify...

145. The Mayor, by virtue of his office, shall preside over
all meetings of the City Council and see that the ordinances
of the city are duly and faithfully executed; by and with the
advice and consent of the City Council he shall annually ap-
point a bailiff, clerk and treasurer, and such other officers as
the ordinances of the city may provide; he shall annually, on
the third Monday in December, report to the Council, in
writing, the general state of the city, with an accurate account
of money received and expended, which said report shall be
published in one or more newspapers of said city, giving a full
and particular statement of all receipts and disbursements; he
shall have power to remove any of the officers appointed by
him for neglect or violation of any duties pertaining to their
respective offices, after due notice in writing and opportunity
to be heard, and shall appoint others in their stead, and shall
report such removal and appointment to the City Council at
their next regular meeting for their approval or disapproval;
he shall have general supervision of the city, and shall receive
for his services an annual salary of fifty dollars; he shall, by
and with the advice and consent of the City Council, appoint
three citizens of known integrity, experience and sound judg-

Duties of the
Mayor.

ment, one of whom shall be a physician, who, together with
the Mayor and City Attorney, shall constitute the Board of
Health, and as such shall have all authority within the limits
of said city, and within one mile thereof, that is or may be
vested in the health officer of Harford County or in inspectors
of the State Board of Health, or that may be vested in the
Board of Health, first aforesaid, by the charter and ordinances
of said city. The members of said board shall hold office for
one year from the date of their respective appointments and
until the qualification of their successors, and shall receive
such compensation for their services as may be allowed by
ordinance.

Shall appoint
a Board of
Health.