3726 ARTICLE 17

P L L, 1888, Art 17, sec 44 1912 Code, sec 54. 1916, ch. 64

42. The Commissioners of said village shall appoint three persons from
among the voters thereof, who shall give at least five days' notice, by post
ing not less than thiee written or printed notices in conspicuous public
places in said Village of the time and place at which said election shall be
held, and the said judges of election, before opening the polls, shall make
oath or affirmation before some justice of the peace for Prince George's
County, that they will fairly and impartially act as judges of said elec-
tion; and the said judges shall keep the polls open from two o'clock P M
until seven o'clock P M , and shall record the names of the voters, and
after the closing of the polls shall count the ballots and announce the
result, and make and sign a certificate thereof to be filed among the records
of said Corporation

P L L, 1888, Art 17 sec 45 1912 Code, sec 55

43. If any vacancy shall occur by the death, resignation, removal or
refusal to act of any commissioner of said village, or if any person elected
as commissioner of said village shall be disqualified from any cause, the
remaining commissioners shall elect a proper person to fill said vacancy,
and all cases of contested election of said commissioners shall be decided
by the judges of the Cucuit for Prince George's County, and pending
any contest, and until the said Court shall decide who is legally elected,
the commissioners holding the office by virtue of a previous election shall
continue to hold the office until the contested election is decided, and until
(their successors shall be legally elected and qualified

P L L, 1888, Art 17, sec 46 1912 Code, sec 56

44. If the citizens of said village at any time neglect to make an elec-
tion at the time fixed by this chaiter, the power of electing commissioners
shall not cease, but shall continue, and the president and commissioners
for the time being shall continue in office until the election and qualifica-
tion of then successors

P L L, 1888, Art 17, sec 47 1912 Code, sec 57

45. Every commissioner, before entering upon the duties of his office,
shall make oath before some justice of the peace for Prince George's
county, that he will diligently and faithfully according to the best of his
judgment, perform the duties of a commissioner of said village, without
favor, partiality or prejudice, and a certificate of such qualification shall
be returned by the said justice to the commissioners, to be filed and re-
corded among their proceedings

P L L, 1888, Art 17, sec 48 1912 Code, sec 58

46. The commissioners shall have power to meet and adjourn from
time to time and shall, at their first meeting after an election, choose
from their own body a president, who shall preside at all then meetings,
vote on all questions before them, and remain in office until superseded by
the election of a new president after a new election of commissioners