660 FREDERICK COUNTY. [ART. 11.

84. The citizens of said city, qualified, as mentioned in the
preceding section, shall, on the last Monday in February, in
every third year, elect the mayor and five aldermen for said
city; the election shall be held at the court house, in said city,
and the polls shall be kept open from nine o'clock in the morn-
ing until four in the afternoon.

85. The citizens of each ward qualified as prescribed in the
83d section of this article, shall, annually, on the last Monday of
February, elect one member for the common council of said city.

86. No person shall be mayor of said city unless he be, at the
time of his election, a citizen of the United States, above the age
of twenty-one years, a freeholder in said city, within the taxable
limits thereof, actually residing therein, and having resided
therein for three years next preceding his election.

87. No person shall be an alderman of said city, unless he
shall be, at the time of his election a citizen of the United States,
above the age of twenty-one years, actually taxed by the laws
of the corporation, residing within the taxable limits of the
city, and having resided therein three years next preceding his
election.

88. No person shall be a member of the common council,
unless he shall be, at the time of his election, a citizen of the
United States, above the age of twenty-one years, a freeholder
in the ward for which he shall be elected, residing therein, and
having resided within the taxable limits of the city one year
next preceding his election.

89. All elections shall be held by such judge or judges, and in
such manner, as shall be directed from time to time by ordinance
of the corporation, not inconsistent with the provisions of this
charter.

90. In case of the death, refusal, disqualification, resignation or
removal of the mayor out of the taxable limits of the city, the
aldermen, for the time being, shall elect a mayor for the residue
of the term.

91. In case of the death, refusal, disqualification, resignation or
removal of an alderman out of the taxable limits of the city, the
board of aldermen and the common council, for the time being,