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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

every year, at the usual place of holding elections
in said village, be authorized to elect five Com-
missioners for said village, who shall have resided
within the corporate limits of the same one year
next preceding the election; said Commissioners
shall enter upon the discharge of their duties
within ten days after said election.

Judge of elec-
tion.

Voting.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said Com-
missioners shall annually appoint some person to
act as judge of said election, who shall open the
polls at three o'clock, P. M., and close the same
at six o'clock, P. M., and the persons who shall
have the majority of votes shall be d-eclared elect-
ed Commissioners for the ensuing year.

No choice.
Vacancy.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That if at any elec-
tion for Commissioners, it shall appear by the
certificate of the judge of said election that any
two or more persons voted for as Commissioners
have received the same number of votes, so that
there is no choice for an entire Board, but a va-
cancy in one or more seats; if there shall be as
many as three duly elected, the persons so elected
shall assemble immediately, and having qualified
as Commissioners, shall proclaim a new election
to supply the vacancy occasioned by the failure to
elect, giving at least five days' notice of said elec-
tion.

New election.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That if it shall not
appear that three of the persons voted for have
been duly elected, or if the persons duly elected
shall fail to assemble and proclaim a new election
for the space of five days, the old Board of Com-
missioners or any three of them shall assemble
and proclaim a new election, and shall give at
least five days notice thereof.

President.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the said Com-
missioners shall, on the first meeting after said
election, choose one from among their number,
who shall be President of the Board, whose duty
it shall be to preside at the meetings of said Com-
missioners and preserve decorum, and give such
directions as may be deemed necessary to carry
into effect the provisions of this Charter.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That the aforesaid
Commissioners, or a majority thereof, may meet