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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

In force.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1870.

CHAPTER 452.

AN ACT to Incorporate the Town of Jerusalem,
in Washington County.

Corporation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the citizens of the town of Jeru-
salem, in Washington County, are a body corpo-
rate, by the name of the Burgess and Commission-
ers of Jerusalem, and by that name, may sue and
be sued, and may have and use a common seal.

Qualified
voters to
elect.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the legal voters
of the State of Maryland, citizens of Jerusalem, of
the age of twenty-one years and upwards, who
have resided in said town twelve months next pre-
ceding the election, shall on the first Monday in
May, in each year, elect by ballot a Burgess, As-
sistant Burgess, and five Commissioners for said
town, having the same qualifications in all respects
as the voters.

Elections —
how held.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That all elections shall
he held and conducted as shall from time to time
he directed by the by-laws of the corporation, not
contrary to this charter.

Tie vote.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That if at any election
for Burgess, Assistant Burgess, and Commission-
ers, any two or more persons shall have an equality
of votes, so that no choice shall be made, a second
election shall be held, after not less than ten days
notice, and so on until a choice shall be made.

Vacancy.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That if during the year
for which they were elected, the Burgess, Assistant
Burgess, or any of the Commissioners, shall die,
resign, remove from said town, be non compos
mentis, or displaced, an election to fill the vacancy
shall be held, after ten days notice, and all per-
sons entitled to vote at the regular, shall be enti-
tled to vote at any special election.