PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. 3887

the remaining part of Hyattsville shall be divided into two sections by a
general division line beginning at the junction of the centre line of John-
son avenue with the centre line of Maryland avenue, and running thence
along the centre line of Johnson avenue to the centre line of Wine avenue;
thence along the centre line of Wine avenue to the centre line of Ralston
avenue; thence along the centre line of Ralston avenue to Columbia ave-
nue, and thence along the centre line of Columbia avenue to the western
boundary line of said town, all that part of the said remaining part of
said town lying south and west of the said general division line as de-
scribed shall constitute ward two, and all that part lying north of said
line shall constitute ward number three of said town.*
See sec 490 for Ward 4.

1908, ch. 79, sec. 5. 1912 Code, sec. 296.

505. The said Mayor and Councilmen elected hereunder shall meet on
or before the third Monday in May next preceding their election, when
they shall qualify and may as often thereafter as necessary to a proper
discharge of their official duties; they shall receive no pay for their serv-
ices, and in case of a vacancy in either of these officers by reason of death,
refusal to act, disqualification, resignation or removal beyond the corporate
limits, the Mayor and Council, or a majority of them, for the time being,
shall elect a Mayor or Councilman from the citizens of the town to fill said
vacancy until his successor shall have been elected at the next regular town
election, and shall have qualified. The vacancy so caused as regards coun-
cilmen shall be filled from the ward in which the vacancy occurred. The
Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the council and shall have all the
privileges of a councilman in debate and vote. The Council may elect one
of their number as chairman pro tem., who shall, in the absence or inability
of the Mayor, preside at the sessions. Special meetings of the Council may
at any time be convened by the Mayor, or at the request of three members
of that body. The Mayor of the town of Hyattsville shall be the execu-
tive officer thereof, clothed with all the power necessary to secure the en-
forcement of all ordinances of said town under this charter. At all meet-
ings, of the Mayor and Common Council, the Mayor and three Council-
men, or in the absence of the Mayor, four Councilmen, present and voting,
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and four affirma-
tive votes shall be necessary for the passage of an ordinance, law or resolu-
tion at all times.

506-507. Vacant.

1908, oh. 79, sec. 8. 1920 (Special Session), ch. 3, sec. 8
508. If it shall appear that any two or more persons voted for as
Mayor, Councilman or Treasurer (at any election), shall have received
an equal number of votes and they shall have received the highest number

*Ch 3 (Special Session), 1920, repealed the first part of this section as con-
tained in the 1912 Code of Prince George's County.