CARROLL COUNTY. 1837

31 3-5 perches to a rock marked X; line 13, north 2 degrees east 318
perches; line 14, north 73 1/2 degrees west 64 2-3 perches to a hickory tree:
line 15, north 69 1/2 degrees west 18 2-25 perches to the beginning of the
first line; it being the intent of this Act to eliminate lines 3, 4 and 5 as
laid down by said Chapter 256 of the Act of 1904, from the survey then
made.

1904, ch. 256, sec. 3. 1914, ch. 193, sec. 3. 1929, ch. 92, sec. 3.

354. The citizens of said town of the age of twenty-one years or up-
wards who shall possess the qualifications of legally registered voters of
this State, and who shall have resided in said town for the space of 6
months next preceding the date of the election at which they shall offer to
vote, shall on the first Tuesday of May, 1929, and on said day in every
second year thereafter, at such place as shall be selected by the Mayor and
Common Council of Sykesville for the holding of the election, elect one
person, a legal voter of said town, who has resided therein for two years,
at least next preceding the election, to be Mayor of said town, who shall
hold his office for 2 years and until his successor shall have been elected
and qualified. And on said first Tuesday of May, 1929, at the same time
and place of the election of the Mayor, the said qualified voters shall elect
six persons, to be Common Councilmen, who shall possess the same quali-
fications as the Mayor of the said town. The three having the highest
number of votes shall serve for a term of 4 years from the date of their
election, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, and the
3 having the next highest number of votes shall serve for a term of 2 years
and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, and thereafter at
each biennial election for Mayor the qualified voters of said town shall
elect 3 Common Councilmen, to serve for a term of 4 years. No person
shall be eligible as Mayor or as Councilman of said town unless he be an
owner in fee simple of real estate in said town in his name to the amount
of at least five hundred dollars, and shall so remain during his term of
office; and his term of office shall terminate upon his removal of residence
from the town limits. Neither the Mayor nor any of the Councilmen shall
during their term of office hold or be interested in any office under the cor-
poration, or be a party, directly or indirectly, to any contract or under-
takings entered into on the part of said town.

1904, ch. 256, sec. 4.

355. The Mayor and Common Council and all other officers of the
corporation shall, before they enter upon the duties of their office, make
oath before a justice of the peace that they will diligently and faithfully,
to the best of their skill and judgment, perform the duties of their office,
and shall file a certificate thereof of the officer before whom the same was
made among the records of the corporation. The Mayor and Common
Council may require any of its officers to give bond in such penalty and
with such surety as they may deem necessary conditioned for the faithful
performance of their duties, and said bond shall be deposited in the hands