1872 ARTICLE 7.

were cast for the candidates and all records of said election; and the said
clerk, upon receipt thereof, shall file the same, together with the certificate
of the oath taken by the judges, and shall immediately notify the persons
chosen of their election, in accordance with the return of the judges. The
necessary expenses incurred in connection with said election shall be regu-
lated and paid by the Mayor and Common Council.

COUNCIL.

1900, ch. 206, sec. 174.

452. The Common Council shall meet at some convenient place in the
said town at least once in every two months, or oftener, if the Mayor
shall deem it necessary, and the Mayoi shall preside at said meetings;
and the said Council shall elect from their own number a chairman, who
shall preside at their meetings in the absence of the Mayor, and have the
same power of voting and taking part in all acts and deliberations of the
said Council as any other member thereof.

1900, ch. 206, sec. 175.

453. The Mayor of the town, before entering upon the discharge of
the duties of the office to which he has been elected, shall take and sub-
scribe the following oath or affirmation before the clerk of the Circuit
Court for Carroll County, or one of his sworn deputies: "I, ......... do

hereby swear (or affirm) that I will well and faithfully discharge the
duties of Mayor in accordance with the best of my ability and under-
standing," which said oath shall be filed with the clerk of the Mayor and
Council. All other officers of the town shall similarly qualify before the
Mayor. If any person elected or appointed to any office shall fail to take
the oath or affirmation required within ten days, from the date of his
election or appointment, the office shall be declared vacant.

1900, ch. 206, sec. 176.

454. The Mayor and three Councilmen, or the chairman and two
Councilmen, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but
no ordinance shall be enforced unless the same shall have been passed by
three affirmatives and be signed by the Mayor; and if the Mayor shall
refuse to sign any ordinance or other paper requiring his signature, he
shall, within three days, return the same to them with his reasons in
writing for so refusing, and the same may be passed by the Common
Council by four affirmative votes, and thereby become a law, and be in
force the same as if it had been signed by the Mayor.

CLERK.

1900, ch. 206, sec. 177.

455. The Mayor shall appoint, subject to the approval of the majority
of the Common Council, and properly qualify him, a clerk, who shall