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open from eight o'clock in the morning until six o'clock in the evening,
and the returns shall be made to the said Mayor, Counselor and Alder-
men, and recorded among their proceedings.

All persons registered as qualified voters in said city shall be entitled
to vote at said election.

The said judges and clerks of said special election shall be subject to
the same penalties as other judges and clerks of election of the State are
for violations of the election laws; and the said corporation of Annapolis
shall pay all expenses incurred in said special elections.

Jones v. Monroe, 86 Md. 334.

See sec. 4.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 33. 1914 Code, sec. 36.

15. The Mayor shall qualify by taking and subscribing the oath of
office prescribed by the Constitution, before the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Anne Arundel County, or before one of his sworn deputies. The
Aldermen, Counselor and Judges and Clerks of Elections, and all other
officers of the city, shall, before they enter upon the duties of their respec-
tive offices, take and subscribe before the Mayor, the following oath: "I do
solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of..............

to the best of my knowledge and ability, without favor, affection or par-
tiality." The Mayor, Counselor and Aldermen shall hold their first ses-
sion in Annapolis on the third Monday in July, and shall meet on the
second Monday in each month thereafter, but the Mayor may summon
them to convene whenever and as often as it may appear to him that the
interests of the city require their deliberation, and a majority of the
whole board shall be a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may
adjourn from day to day.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 34. 1914 Code, sec. 37.

16. They may compel the attendance of absent members in such man-
ner and under such penalties as they may by ordinance provide; shall
settle their rules of proceedings, appoint their own officers and remove
them at pleasure.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 35. 1914 Code, sec. 38.

17. They shall judge of the election returns and qualifications of
their own members, and may, with the concurrence of the whole number,
expel any member for disorderly behavior or malconduct in office, but not
a second time for the same cause.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 36. 1914 Code, sec. 39.

18. They shall keep a journal of their proceedings and enter the yeas
and nays upon any question, resolve or ordinance, if required by any one
member, and their deliberations shall be public.