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ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 179
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govern, and in case of a vacancy in the Board of
Commissioners during the year, the remaining
Commissioners shall have power to fill the vacancy
until the next regular town election for electing
Town Commissioners.
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Quorum.
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Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall he the,
duty of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court for
Baltimore County to appoint in writing, under his
hand and seal, three judges to hold the first elec-
tion, which shall be on the first Monday in April
next, as hereinbefore provided, who shall keep the
polls open from twelve o'clock, M., to five o'clock,
P. M.; that the said Chief Judge of the said Court
shall further designate the place where the polls
shall be opened, and order such notice of the said
election as he may think proper to be given through
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Judges.
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the public newspapers, or by handbills, or both;
that the voting shall be by ballot, and that all
persons residing within the corporate limits and
entitled to vote for Delegates to the General As-
sembly of Maryland shall be entitled to vote for
Commissioners of the said town; the said Judges
of Election shall make returns of the said election
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Publish.
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under their hands and seals, or the hands and seals
of a majority of them, or the hand and seal of any
one of them, to be appointed by themselves, to the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County,
in a similar manner as now provided by law in
general elections throughout this State; and it
shall be the duty of the said Clerk as soon as may
be after the said returns are made, to inform the
Commissioners so elected, and administer to them
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Returns.
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separately the following oath or affirmation ; "I,
———— , make oath on the holy evangely of Al-
mighty God, or affirm, that I will faithfully and
without partiality discharge the duties of Commis-
sioner of Towsontown, to the best of my ability,
so help me God," which shall he written in the
text book for other officers in the custody of the
said Clerk, and signed by the said Commissioners,
severally, which said oath and signing shall be
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Oath.
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deemed the qualification of the said Commissioners,
and it shall be the duty of the said Clerk to ad-
minister the said oath, or a similar one, and have
it signed by all officers of the said Town subse-
quently elected.
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Qualifications
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