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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Election of
Burgess and
Commission'rs

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the first election for Burgess,
and Commissioners under this Act shall be held by two judges .
of election, to be appointed by the Board of County Commis-
sioners of Carroll County or the president of said board, and
all elections for officers thereafter shall be held by one or more
judges of election, who shall be appointed annually by the
Burgess and Commissioners of said town, and in such manner,
at such place, and after such notice, as by ordinance of the
said corporation not inconsistent with this Act directed.

Judges of
elections shall
make oath.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the judges of all elections
for officers held under this Act, before holding any election,
shall each make oath in due form of law, or affirm, before a
justice of the peace for said county, that he will fairly and
impartially act as a judge of such election; and said judges
of election shall keep the polls open from one o'clock until
five o'clock P.M., and shall, in the presence of such persons
who may desire to witness the same immediately thereafter
count the ballots, announce the result, and make and sign a
written certificate thereof, which they shall deliver to the
clerk of said town.

In case of
neglect to hold
election.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That if the qualified voters of
said town shall at any time neglect to hold an election for any
officer or officers to be elected under this Act, the powers of
such voters under this Act shall not be forfeited, but the
officers previously elected shall be continued until their suc-
cessors shall be elected and qualified.

Terms of office

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the Burgess and Commis-
sioners shall hold the office for which they have each respec-
tively been elected for one year from the first Monday of
June, next ensuing his election, and until his or their
successors shall be elected and qualified, and a failure to
qualify for more than two weeks after the election of the
Burgess or any Commissioner shall create a vacancy in such
respective office.

Number
necessary for
quorum.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That three of the Commissioners
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and
in case of vacancy in the office of commissioners by death,
removal out of the corporate town, resignation, refusal to
qualify or other disqualification, a majority of the qualified
Commissioners shall elect a Commissioner or Commissioners .

Vacancy.
How filled.

to fill such vacancy or vacancies for the remainder of the
term, and until a successor or successors shall be elected by
the qualified voters of said town, and shall have qualified; and
if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Burgess by any of the