PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR, 1413

but in the event of the absence of the Mayor from any meetings,
the members of the council present shall elect one of their
own number to preside during his absence, who shall for the
time being be clothed with all the powers and authorities of
said Mayor; the council shall pass rules and by-laws for their
own government while in session; all vacancies in the council
caused by absence from its session for more than three consecu-
tive months, without satisfactory excuse or otherwise shall be
filled by an election after ten days' notice having been given
as to the time and place; in the event of the death or resignation
of the Mayor, the council shall elect one of their number to
fill the vacancy until the expiration of the former Mayor's
term. If at any time during his term as Mayor the Mayor shall
have cause to absent himself from the town he shall, at the
last meeting preceding his departure, so notify the council,
and the council shall at that meeting elect one of their number
to act during the absence of the Mayor, who shall for the time
being and as long as the absence of the Mayor requires be
clothed with all the powers and authority of said Mayor, and
in case of his absence shall act with full power and authority
until the return of the Mayor, and then the authority and
powers of the Mayor pro tem shall cease.

1906, ch. 826, sec. 5.

283. That the council shall meet in some convenient place in
said town as often as required by the duties of their office,
meeting not less than once every month; a majority of the
council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Ibid. sec. 6.

284. That the Mayor shall annually, on or before the first
Thursday in April, appoint three judges of election, by and
with the consent and approval of the council; said judges shall
appoint a clerk and shall conduct an election by ballot in accord-
ance with the provisions of section 281 of this sub-title of sub-
title; the polls to be open at 5 o'clock P. M. and close at 9
o'clock P. M.; the judges and clerks shall make their returns
to the council, and also make their returns to the clerk of the
Circuit Court for Montgomery County as to the result of all the
elections for the office of Mayor; but said judges-and clerks
shall receive no compensation for their services; not more than
two of said judges of election shall be of the same political
party.

Ibid. sec. 7.

285. That the Mayor, with the consent and approval of the
council, shall appoint one person to be town marshal, one to
be health officer, and one to be clerk and treasurer, to hold office