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qualified person, and none other, to register; and a majority of said reg-
istration officers shall have power to do all things under this section in
case one of them dies or refuses to act; and upon the completion of the
registry 'of voters the said officers of registration shall deliver to the judges
of election the list of qualified voters so registered; and the said officers
of' registration shall receive the compensation decided upon by the Mayor
and .Councilmen of said town to be paid by said town.

1890, ch. 132, sec. 6. 1892, ch. 425, sec. 6.

391. The Mayor and Councilmen shall annually appoint three judges
of election, who before opening the polls shall take an oath before some
justice of the peace in said town, to permit every qualified person to vote
and none other, and in the event of the failure of one or more of the
judges of election so appointed to attend at the time and place so desig-
nated for said election, the judge or judges attending shall have power
to fill the vacancy, and in the event of the failure of all the said judges
so appointed to attend as aforesaid, the Mayor shall designate three per-
sons from those present at the polls to act as judges of said election.

1890, ch. 132, sec. 8. 1892, ch. 425, sec. 8.

392. In case of death, refusal to act, resignation or disqualification of
the Mayor or any of the Councilmen, the Councilmen or the remaining
Councilmen shall direct an election to be held to fill such vacancy; and
the Mayor and Councilmen, or remaining Councilmen, shall give at least
ten days' notice of all such elections in one or more newspapers published
in said town; provided, however, that no election shall be held to fill a
vacancy for a term less than six months, if at least three qualified Coun-
cilmen remain.

1890, ch. 132, sec. 9.

393. The Mayor shall ex officio have all the power of a justice of the
peace in cases where the town is a party, and an appeal may be taken from
his judgment to the Circuit Court for Allegany County in the same man-
ner as from a judgment of a justice of the peace of said county.

1890, ch. 132, sec. 10. 1892, ch. 425, sec. 10.

394. The Mayor and Councilmen shall meet at the council chamber
on the fourth Tuesday of June next succeeding their election, and the
said Councilmen before they enter' upon the duties of their office, make
oath before the Mayor that they will diligently and faithfully, to the best
of their judgment, perform the duties of said Councilmen of said town,
without favor, partiality or prejudice; the Mayor shall take the oath pre-
scribed by the constitution as directed by Section 6 of Article 78 of the
Code of Public General Laws.

Evidently Art. 70, sec. 7 of present Code Intended.