1874.] OF THE SENATE. 431

as Judges and Clerks of Elections in Allegany county, to be
paid by the said city.

27. The inhabitants of the city of Cumberland, residents
thereof for one year previous to the municipal 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, experi-
ence and sound judgment, not less than thirty years of age,
ten years a citizen of the United States, and five years a resi-
dent 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 Cumberland.

28. The City Council shall consist of twelve members,
two from each ward of said city, who shall be citizens of the
United States, of the age of twenty-five years or upwards,
residents of the city three years next preceding their elec-
tion, 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 herein-
after provided. The members of said City Council shall be
elected by the legal voters of their respective wards, and the
qualifications of the electors 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 classes:
The first class shall go out of office at the end of one
year from the first Monday in June following their election ;
and the second class at the end of two years from the first
Monday in June following their election ; the two members
from each ward shall determine by lot, at their first meeting
after their election and qualification as members of said City
Council, which of them shall hold the long, and which the
short term. The members of the Council, after such draw-
ings of lots, shall be elected for, and hold their offices for
two years, one member being elected annually from each
ward of said city.

35. All vacancies in the City Council shall be filled with-
out delay from the ward or wards in which such vacancies
occur, in such manner as has been or may be directed by
ordinance ; and in case of vacancy in. the office of Mayor, a
new election to fill said vacancy for the unexpired term shall
be ordered without delay.

37. The Mayor shall, on conviction in a Court of Law of
wilful neglect of duty or misbehavior in office, be removed