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said town to be Mayor of Lonaconing, who shall hold office for
one year and until his successor shall have qualified; and at
the same time shall elect three qualified voters of said town to
be Councilmen for said town, to serve two years, or until their
respective successors shall have qualified; and both the Mayor
and Councilmen shall qualify on or before the fourth Tuesday
in May, and shall enter upon their respective duties on the
first Tuesday in June of each year.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That they may allow their
bailiff and police such reasonable compensation for their services
as they may think proper; and the clerk, treasurer and Mayor
shall each receive annually a salary of fifty dollars ($50.00),
and each Councilman the sum of two dollars ($2.00) for each
meeting of Council at which his attendance is recorded upon
the minutes, provided such compensation shall not be paid for
more than twenty such meetings in each year. j

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That in case of a tie for any
place on the ballot, the Mayor and Councilmen shall select pub-
licly, by lot, an officer from among the candidates so tied.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1912.

CHAPTER 218.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments section 316A
of Article 23 of the Code of Public General Laws of Mary-
land, Code of 1904, title "Corporations," sub-title "Religious
Corporations," as enacted by Chapter 756, Acts of 1910.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section 316A of Article 23 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland of 1904, title "Corporations," sub-
title "Religious Corporations," as enacted by Chapter 756, Acts
of 1910, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:

316A. If any church or congregation organized or incor-
porated as a religious corporation since the year eighteen hun-
dred under any law of this State hath failed or omitted within
the time prescribed by said law to file in the proper office for
record the agreement, plan or certificate of incorporation
adopted by the said church or congregation and if the said
agreement, plan or certificate of incorporation hath heretofore,
though after the time prescribed by said law, been filed for