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election and for six months next preceding, be assessed upon the assess-
ment books of said City with real property to an amount not less than
five hundred dollars, and shall hold their office for two years (except as
hereinbefore provided), and until the qualification of their successors.
See sec. 271.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 299.

292. The Mayor and members elect of the City Council before enter-
ing upon the duties of their respective offices shall each make oath or
affirmation before some Justice of the. Peace of Harford County that he
possesses the property and other qualifications prescribed by this Charter
for the office to which he has been elected, and that he will act faithfully,
without favor, partiality or prejudice in all things pertaining to the duties
of his office. And in addition thereto they shall at the same time take
the oath prescribed by Section 6 of Article 1, of the Constitution of Mary-
land. The members of the Council who shall have taken the oath or
affirmation aforesaid, shall meet on the third Monday in May next suc-
ceeding their election, at the usual hour and place of meeting, and the
Mayor elect presiding and having a casting vote in case of a tie, they
shall proceed to elect from their number a President of the Council, who
shall preside at all meetings of the Council in the absence of the Mayor,
and in case of the death, resignation or removal of the Mayor, shall act
as Mayor for the time being until a Mayor shall be elected to fill the
vacancy.

In the event of the failure by the Mayor elect or any member elect of
the City Council to take the oath above prescribed on or before the third
Monday in May after the election aforesaid, such failure shall be deemed
a refusal to act, and the Mayor and members of the Council elected and
qualified, as the case may be, shall proceed to order a new election to fill
the vacancy; said election shall be held after not less than twenty days'
notice, and shall be conducted in all respects as regular elections are
conducted.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 300.

293. The Mayor by virtue of his office shall preside over all meetings
of the City Council and see that the ordinances of the City are duly and
faithfully executed; by and with the advice and consent of the City Coun-
cil he shall annually appoint a Bailiff, Clerk and Treasurer, and such
other officers as the ordinances of the City may provide; he shall annually
on the first Monday in April report to the Council in writing the general
state of the City, with an accurate account of money received and ex-
pended, which said report shall be published in two newspapers of said
City, if so many be published therein giving a full particular statement
of all receipts and disbursements; he shall have power to remove any of
the officers appointed by him for neglect or violation of any duties per-
taining to their respective offices, and shall appoint others in their stead,
subject to confirmation by the City Council as in the case of original
appointments; he shall have general supervision of the City, and he shall