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five years of .age, and who has resided in said city two years
previous to said election, mayor of said city; and five persops,
at least twenty-one years of age, and who have resided in said
city one year previous to said election, members of the common
council.

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98. The mayor shall give at least two weeks' notice of the
election, and shall appoint three persons judges of election; and
the said judges shall have power to appoint a clerk, who shall
keep a record of the persons voting, and the persons voted for;

and the persons having the highest number of votes for the
several offices of mayor and common council shall be declared
duly elected.

99. The judges and clerks of election shall notify the persons
elected of their election, and the persons so elected shall severally
hold their respective offices from the third Monday of May next
ensuing the election, for and during one year, and until their
successors shall be duly elected.

100. If notice of such election shall not be given as hereinbe-
fore required, or if the judges of election shall not be appointed,
or shall refuse to act, five or more voters of the said city may call
an election for said officers by notices set up in the most public
places in said city, not less than one week previous to such elec-
tion, therein naming the time and place of holding such election,
and naming three judges thereof, who, or any two of them, may
hold such election.

101. If at any election there shall be a tie between any per-
sons voted for the said offices, or if any person elected .to either
of said offices shall refuse to act, die, resign, be disqualified or
remove, a new election shall be held in two weeks after such
fact shall have become known, after at least one week's notice
given by the mayor or one or more of the common council, or
five or more of the voters as directed in the preceding section;

and such election shall be held by three judges, or any two of
them appointed by the mayor, or one or more of the common
council, or five or more of the voters, as the case may be, and
the person or persons elected shall serve until a new election.

102. All officers of said city, except the mayor, shall, before
they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, make oath
before a justice of the peace for Carroll county, that they will