CAROLINE COUNTY. 1625

should be a tie between two or more candidates with the next highest
number 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
number 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 between
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 pub-
lished 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 accordance with the ordinance prescribing same, which shall require
them to make return to the Commissioners and provide for the preserva-
tion 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 pre-
vious 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 appointed by the Commissioners.

1914, ch. 731, sec. 172

316. 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
the next election, at which said time a Commissioner shall be elected to
fill the unexpired term caused by said vacancy. Said Commissioner
elected as aforesaid shall qualify as the other member.

1914, ch. 731, sec. 173.

317. All officers of said town, before they enter upon the duties of their
respective offices shall make oath before a justice of the peace for Caro-
line County or any notary public, that they will perform the duties of