the city of Baltimore aforesaid to delegate or ap-
point a person to act as a member of the said
Board, as in the first section of this Act provided ;
and in case the said Presidents shall fail or neglect
to make such delegation or appointment within
thirty days from the passage of this Act, the re-
maining members of the said Board shall be
clothed with and entitled to exercise the powers
hereby on said Board conferred until such appoint-
ment or delegation shall have been. made, and if
after the making of such appointment or delegation
there should be a failure or neglect to re-appoint
at any time thereafter, the person then a member
of said Board, by reason of such appointment or
delegation, shall hold until his successor shall
have been appointed, and in case of his death, re-
signation, refusal or failure to act or removal from
the State, the said remaining members of the
Board shall constitute and act as said Board until
some person shall have been appointed) as afore-
said, in his stead, a majority of said Board to con-
trol as hereinbefore provided.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That no member of
the said Board shall have or receive any salary or
compensation, directly or indirectly, for his ser-
vices as such, or be interested in any contract made
by or under said Board in any way, and before
acting under the provisions of this Act, each and
every member member of the said Board shall
make and sign an oath before some person duly
authorized by law to administer oaths and affirma-
tions, that he will in no case and under no pre-
text appoint or remove any person under the said
Board, or give to or take from any person what-
soever any contract or advantage under the same,
for or on account of the political opinions of such
person, or for any other cause or reason than the
fitness or unfitness of such person so appointed or
removed or so having or receiving such contract or
advantage to discharge or perform the duty con-
nected therewith, or the fidelity of the said person
in discharging or performing the same, said oath
duly subscribed shall be recorded in the office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court of the City of
Baltimore, who shall be entitled to the usual fees
for recording the same, and whose certificate

Members of
Board to re-
ceive no sala-
ry.