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CHAP. 193. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
as the court may deem equitable, specifying in the order for a writ
of procendo, the parties to be made, and the decree to be made
thereon shall not be liable to reversal for the want of any other
parties that may be alleged. |
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Passed Feb. 18, 1819. |
CHAP. CXCIV.
An act to alter and amend the Charter of the City of Annapolis.
Lib.
TH. No. 6, fol. 416. |
Corporation to
consist of a mayor,
aldermen, and
seven common
councilmen how
and when to be
elected. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the corporation of the city of Annapolis shall consist of a mayor,
recorder, five aldermen, and seven common council-men, and that
the inhabitants of the said city, qualified to vote for delegates to
the general assembly of this state, shall on the first Monday in
April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and on the first
Monday in October one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and
on the first Monday in October in every third year for ever thereafter,
elect, by ballot, by a majority of votes, a mayor, recorder
and five aldermen, for the said city; and the aforesaid voters shall
on the first Monday in April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen,
and on the first Monday in October one thousand eight hundred
and nineteen, and on the first Monday in October in every
year for ever thereafter, elect, by ballot, by a majority of votes,
seven common council-men. |
Mayor, &c. to be
judges of all elections
and appoint
clerks. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the mayor, recorder
and aldermen,
or any three or more of them, shall be judges of all elections relating
to said corporation, appoint the necessary clerks, designate the
place in the said city for holding elections, and shall declare the result
of said elections, and have the same recorded on the proceedings
of the corporation, and shall keep open the said elections for
as many days as the elections for delegates to the general assembly
from the said city are now or may hereafter be directed to be kept
open. |
Judges and clerks
to qualify as required
by election
laws of the state,
&c. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the judges and
clerks at all such
elections, shall qualify in the same manner as judges and clerks of
election in the several counties of this state as required to qualify
by the general election laws of this state, and shall in the execution
of their respective duties, and in the manner of conducting elections,
conform in every respect with the provisions of said laws,
and be subject for neglect or refusal to the same penalties as judges
of election in the several counties now are. |
Persons qualified
to be elected delegates,
to be eligible
as mayor, &c. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all persons qualified
to be elected
delegates to the general assembly for the city of Annapolis, and
none others, shall be eligible as mayor, aldermen, or common council-men
of said city. |
Powers of present
mayor, &c. to
cease after qualification
of persons
to be elected.
Proviso. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the persons who
shall have become
elected mayor, aldermen and common council-men, as aforesaid,
on the first Monday in April one thousand eight hundred and
nineteen, shall proceed to qualify agreeably to this act, and that
thereupon, all the powers, functions and duties, of the present
mayor, recorder, aldermen and common council-men, shall cease
and determine; Provided nevertheless, that all the officers now
in
commission shall continue to exercise their appointments until their
successors shall be appointed and qualified, and that all obligations,
debts or contracts, suits or claims, in law or equity, shall continue |
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