1116 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 695]

cil send to it another name or names, for such office or offices,
and the duties of the City Council and the Mayor shall con-
tinue to be as above prescribed until a confirmation is had or a
failure to act as aforesaid by the City Council. All vacancies
occurring in the offices which the Mayor has the power to fill,
subject to the ratification or confirmation of the City Council,
during the recess of the City Council, shall be filled by the
Mayor until the next regular meeting of the City Council, at
which meeting the Mayor shall present the name of a person
for each office in which such vacancy has occurred for the con-
firmation by the City Council, and the mode and manner of
procedure in such case shall be the same as provided in this
section for other appointments by the Mayor and confirmation
by the City Council. And any person or persons appointed by
the Mayor to fill any vacancy or vacancies in any office shall
hold the same until his or their successor or successors have
been confirmed by the City Council.

Clerk to City Council.

SEC. 212. The Mayor shall biennially, on the fourth Mon-
day in April, accounting from the fourth Monday in April,
1912, and also on the fourth Monday in April, 1912, nominate
one person as Clerk to the City Council, to be confirmed by
the City Council; who shall perform such duties as the Mayor
and City Council shall assign, and shall receive a salary or
compensation of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
and shall give such bond as may be required. The said Clerk
shall keep a neat and correct minute of the proceedings of the
City Council, in a well-bound book, which shall at all times
be open for the inspection of any person interested. He shall
also enter in a well-bound book, kept for said purpose only, a
correct copy of all ordinances of the Mayor and City Council
and index the same as entered. He shall also put up type-
written copies of all of said ordinances in at least three public
places in the said town.

Powers of City Council.

SEC. 213. The City Council shall meet upon the next Mon-
day night succeeding their election and after qualifying by
taking an oath to support the Constitution of the United States
and of the State of Maryland, and to faithfully, honestly and
impartially perform the duties of the office to which they
have been elected, shall proceed to organize by electing one of
their number President of the Council, and they shall meet at
7:30 o'clock P. M. on the second Monday of each month for
the transaction of general business. Three members present