ALDERMEN.

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wise affect the act of the session of eighteen hundred and
twenty-five, chapter one hundred and eighty-nine, and the sup-

Act of
1925, ch.
199, &c.

plement thereto, entitled, an act to authorize the appointment

reserved.

of justices of the peace in the city of Baltimore, with limited

jurisdiction.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said aldermen shall hold

Term, one

their offices respectively, for a year from the date of their com-

year, &c.

missions, and thereafter until appointments shall respectively be

made in their places, and that to be qualified to act under their

Oath re-

commissions, they shall make the oaths or affirmations now

quired.

prescribed by justices of the peace aforesaid, in order to their

qualification.

SEC. 3- And be if enacted, That the said aldermen for their

Salary,

official services, shall each receive an annual compensation of

$1,000.

one thousand dollars, payable in equal quarterly amounts, by

the mayor and city council of Baltimore.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said aldermen shall

Shall re-

demand and receive in all cases, and for all acts within their

ceive fees as
heretofore.

jurisdiction and authority, including the taking of acknowledg-

ments of deeds, the fees now or that shall hereafter be allowed

by law to be demanded by justices of the peace for the city of

Baltimore, and they shall at the end of every month from the

And pay

time of their respectively being qualified to act as aforesaid,

over
monthly.

make return on oath or affirmation, and pay over to the register

of the city of Baltimore for the use of the city, all fees received

by them as aforesaid, during such period.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That at the end of every quarter

Shall report

of a year the said aldermen shall make a report on oath or

, quarterly
on oath.

affirmation to the mayor of said city, setting forth the number

of cases, civil or criminal, which during such period shall

have been acted on by them, and all the acknowledgments oi

deeds taken before them, and also specifying the number ol

days they shall have been absent from their respective places oi

official business.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That if any alderman shall in any

Case of

instance fail to make a monthly return or payment as aforesaid.

failing to
report or

and quarterly report as aforesaid, and shall neglect to do so for

pay over.

one week after the same should be made, the mayor aforesaid

shall report the fact to the governor and council, who, after noti-

fication to such alderman, of the charge, and his not adducing

satisfactory reasons for the omission aforesaid, or his not making

payment as aforesaid by a day that may be assigned by the go

vernor and council ; shall be, and they are hereby authorized
and required to vacate his appointment, and appoint another

Commis-
sion may
be vacated.

alderman in his place, to serve the residue of his term.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the mayor, immediately upon

Mayor

the reports being received, Shall transmit to the governor and

shall report