EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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sums due to and owing by said town, if any be due, and

make such recommendations as he thinks proper ; which report

Annual report
of Mayor to

shall be printed in some newspaper published in Allegany

to be pub-

County for the information of the voters of the corporation.

lished.

COUNCIL.

1846. The Council shall be composed of four members, who

shall be elected as hereinbefore provided, and shall hold their

City Council.

office from the first Monday in June, of each year, next after

their election, for two years, or until their successors are

duly elected and qualified; before entering upon their duties

the Councilmen shall make oath before the Mayor that they will

diligently perform the duties required of them by law as mem-

bers of the Council without partiality or prejudice. Any per-

son having the qualifications prescribed in the paragraph

of this Act bearing the sub-title "Election," and who shall

be assessed upon the books of the corporation with not less

than one hundred dollars' worth of property, real or personal,

shall be eligible as a member of the Council. The Council shall

meet on the first Monday in each month, and at such other

times as it may be necessary for public business. Members of

the Council shall receive five dollars each, annually, for at-

tending the sessions of the Council or attending to the other

Salaries of
members.

public business required of them. The Council shall appoint

three judges of election and two clerks for the purpose of hold-

ing each general or special election which may be held under

the provisions of this Act or the ordinances passed in pursu-

ance thereof; the said judges and clerks of election shall

conduct the election in all respects as such elections are usually

held, first taking oath as required by law before the Mayor to

faithfully perform their several duties respectively and making

return under their hands and seals to the clerk of said corpo-

ration of the persons elected. The polls shall be open at

one o'clock in the afternoon and close at seven o'clock in the

evening, and the judges and clerks shall receive such com-

pensation as shall be provided by the Mayor and City Council.

If any vacancy shall occur in the Council from any cause, the

Council shall, without delay, elect some person possessing

Vacancy in
the Council.

the necessary qualifications to fill such vacancy until the next

election for Councilmen. The Council shall adopt the county

assessment of real and personal property in said town and may

annually levy an equal tax on the real and personal property

actually within the limits of said town to such an amount as

may, from time to time, be deemed necessary for general