HARFORD COUNTY. 2953

1920, ch. 634.

272. Each bona fide active member of the Fire Department of the City
of Havre de Grace shall be exempt from taxation for city purposes to the

extent of one thousand ($1,000) dollars, which exemption shall in no
way deprive said bona fide, active member of said Fire Department from
the right of franchise in city elections, provided said bona, fide member
has all the. other requirements of a qualified voter, as provided in the
preceding section, and actually owns property to the extent provided
therein.

Moore v. Bay, 149 Md. 286.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 280.

273. The Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the City Coun-

cil shall on or before the second Monday in April, in the year nineteen
hundred and two, appoint three persons registered voters and taxpayers
of said City and not office holders under the City Government who shall
constitute a Board of Election Supervisors for the City of Havre de
Grace, one of whom shall be appointed for three years, one for two years,
and one for one year, and until their respective successors shall be ap-
pointed and qualified. And on or before the first Monday in June in
the year nineteen hundred and three and annually thereafter on or before
said date the Mayor shall likewise appoint a citizen having the qualifica-
tion aforesaid to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of the term
of the retiring member of said Board. And in the event of the death,
resignation or removal from the City of any member of said Board the
Mayor shall in like manner appoint a citizen having the qualifications
aforesaid to fill out the unexpired term thereby occasioned. No member
of said Board shall be eligible to an elective office under the City Gov-
ernment during the term for which he is appointed.

Before entering upon the discharge of their duties said Supervisors of
Election shall each take and subscribe before some justice of the peace

of Harford County, the following oath of office:—

"I, ............................. residing in the City of Havre de

Grace, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a legal voter and tax-
payer in the City of Havre de Grace; that I will support the Constitu-
tion of the United States, and that I will be faithful and bear true alle-
giance to the State of Maryland and support the Constitution and laws
thereof; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties
of Supervisor of Election for the said city of Havre de Grace to the best
of my ability."

The said Board shall organize annually by electing one of their num-
ber to be President, and they shall receive such compensation as the Mayor
and City Council may by ordinance prescribe.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 281.

274. On the second Monday in April in each year in which a munici-
pal election is to be held, the Board of Election Supervisors shall sit for