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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Appoint Judges

26. The Mayor and City Council shall appoint

of elections

three judges of election for each ward, ,who shall

have power to appoint clerks, and conduct elections

in all respects as elections for members of the Gene-

ral Assembly are required to be conducted, opening

the polls at nine o'clock in the morning and closing

them at six o'clock in the evening, and the said

judges and clerks shall receive the same compensa-

tion as judges and clerks of elections in Allegany

county, to be paid by the said city.

27. The inhabitants of the city of Cumberland,

Quallified to

residents thereof for one year previous to the muni-

vote.

cipal elections of said city and qualified to vote for

members of the House of Delegates, shall, on the

third Monday in May, in every second year, elect by

ballot a person of known integrity, experience, and

sound judgment, not less than thirty years of age,

ten years a citizen of the United States, and five years

a resident of said city, next preceding the election,.

and assessed upon the books of the assessors with

real property, in said city, to the amount of one

thousand dollars, to be Mayor of said City of Cum-

berland.

28. The City Council shall consist of twelve

City Council.

members, two from each ward of said city, who shall

be citizens of the United States, of the age of twen-

ty-five years or upwards, residents of the city three

years next preceding their election, and at the time

thereof residents of the ward for which they are

elected ninety days prior to their election, and

assessed upon the books of the assessor to the amount

of three hundred dollars, and shall hold their office

as hereinafter provided. The members of said City

Council shall be elected by the legal voters of their

Qualifications.

respective wards, and the qualifications of the elect-
ors of said City Council shall be the same as those

of Mayor ; and provided, also, that each elector shall

be a resident of the ward in which he may offer to

vote for not less than thirty days next preceding the

election at which he may so present his vote as an

elector.

30. The said council shall be divided into two-

Divided into
two classes.

classes, each class to consist of one member from

each ward. There shall be elected on the third