1562 ARTICLE 6.

1914, the Commissioner receiving the highest number of votes shall hold
office for a period of three years, the one receiving the next highest num-
ber of votes shall hold office for a period of two years and the one receiv-
ing the next highest number of votes shall hold office for a period of one
year, and if at said election there should be a tie between two or more
candidates with the highest number of votes, the one to hold office for
three years shall be publicly determined by lot, after due notice to the
parties interested, by the Judges of Election; and if at said election there
should be a tie between two or more candidates with the next highest num-
ber of votes, the one to hold office for two years shall be publicly deter-
mined by lot after due notice as aforesaid; and if at said election there
should be a tie between two or more candidates with the next highest num-
ber of votes, the one to hold office for one year shall be publicly deter-
mined by lot after due notice as aforesaid. At the election to be held
in April, 1915, there shall be one Commissioner elected for a period of
three years and one Commissioner for a like period each year thereafter.
Said election shall be held annually on the fourth Monday of April at
such place in said town as shall be designated by the Commissioners be-
tween the hours of two and five o'clock P. M. The Commissioners shall
give at least two weeks' notice of the election in one or more newspapers
published in Caroline County, and by such other means as they may elect;
and they shall appoint three Judges of Election, the judges shall keep
a record of the persons voting and the persons voted for, and the persons
having the highest number of votes shall be declared duly elected; the
Judges of Election shall notify the persons elected of their election, and
the persons so elected shall severally hold their respective offices from the
second Monday of May next ensuing the election for and during the terms
respectively of three, two and one year, and until their successors shall
be elected and qualified. Said judges shall conduct such election in ac-
cordance with the ordinance prescribing same, which shall require them
to make return to the Commissioners and provide for the preservation of
the ballots for a period of four months. If notice of such election shall
not be given as hereinbefore required, or if the Judges of Election shall
not be appointed or shall refuse to act, five or more voters of said town
may call the election of said officers by notices set up in at least four of
the most public places in said town, not less than one week previous to
said election, therein naming the time and place to hold such election and
naming three judges thereof, who, or any two of whom may hold such
election and have the same powers in respect thereto as the judges ap-
pointed by the Commissioners.

1914, ch. 730, sec. 75.

128. If at any election for Commissioners there shall be a tie vote
between any candidates for the same office, a new election shall be held,
or if any person elected to the office of Commissioner shall refuse to act,
die, resign, be disqualified or remove beyond the corporate limits of said
town, the remaining Commissioners shall elect a successor to serve until