MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 3419

tion from the easterly line of Keswick street extended; thence in a north-
erly direction parallel to said Keswick street to the northerly line of
Strathmore avenue; thence along the northerly line of Strathmore ave-
nue, and in an easterly direction to its intersection with Weymouth street;
thence along the westerly line of the old county road in a northerly direc-
tion to the southerly line of the right of way of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, provided, that in that portion of the town of Garrett Park as
heretofore bounded, which is excluded from said municipality by the
boundary hereby established, and which lies between said boundary and
Block Creek, the streets or roadways heretofore laid out in said portion
as shown on the plat filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County in Liber J. A., No. 5, folio 225, and Liber J. A.,
No. 11, folio 167, respectively, of the Land Record Books of said County,
shall revert to and be the property of the owners of the land abutting
thereon and closed as highways.

1906, ch. 384, sec. 3. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 246.

416. The citizens of the town shall, on the first Monday in May in
the year 1912, and every second year thereafter on the first Monday in
May, at such place or places as shall be designated by the judges of elec-
tion, between the hours of 2 o'clock P. M. and 7 o'clock P. M. elect by
ballot one person Mayor of said town, who shall serve for a term of two
years or until his successor is elected and qualified. The citizens afore-
said shall also elect on the first Monday in May, 1912, two persons to be
members of the council of said town, who shall serve for a term of two
years or until their successors are elected and qualified, and they, to-
gether with the two members of the council elected at the election held
in said town on the first Monday in May, 1911, to hold office for two
years from said date, and the Mayor, shall constitute the council of said
town. The citizens aforesaid shall elect on the first Monday in May of
each year thereafter two persons to be members of the Council of said
town, who shall serve for two years or until their successors are elected
and qualified. The qualifications for voters for Mayor and members
of the council shall be the same as prescribed for voters by the laws of
this State. They must have resided within the corporation limits of said
town for at least six months next preceding their election. The Mayor
and members of the council must continue to reside in said town during
their terms of office, and they shall receive no fees or compensation for
their services except that the Mayor shall receive the fees allowed in Sec-
tion 421.

1898, ch. 453, sec. 4. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 247.

417. The Mayor shall preside at meetings, and shall call such meet-
ings, from time to time, as he may deem necessary, but in the event of
the absence of the Mayor from any meeting, the members of the council
present shall elect one of their own number to preside during his absence,
who shall, for the time being, be clothed with all the powers and authori-