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qualified. And the elections held in such town shall not be required to
be conducted in conformity to the requirements of Chapter 202, Article 33
of the Acts of 1896, or any amendments thereto.

1898, ch. 349, sec. 5.

124. If it shall happen that any of the persons voted for and duly
elected, shall from any cause fail to qualify, then and in that case, the
person receiving the next highest number of votes shall be deemed to have
been elected, and shall be so informed by the judges of election, and shall
thereupon be entitled to qualify as one of said Commissioners.

1898, ch. 349, sec. 6.

125. In case of death, resignation, refusal to act or disqualification of
any Commissioner, the remaining Commissioners, not less than a quorum,
shall choose some person duly qualified and eligible, a Commissioner for
the unexpired term.

1898, ch. 349, sec. 7.

126. The said Louis E. Payson, Timothy D. Keleher, Nicholas H.
Shea, Lawrence Cavanaugh, Thomas W. Smith, James C. Courts and
James W. Somerville, hereinbefore appointed Commissioners of the said
town, shall meet within thirty days from the passage of this Act, and
take the oath of office prescribed before a justice of the peace for Anne
Arundel County, and organize as a board by the election of one of their
number as president, who shall act as Mayor and executive officer, and
appoint a secretary and treasurer, one bailiff, and they may from time
to time appoint a collector of taxes and such other officers as may be
found necessary, and do and perform all things required or allowed to be

done by the Commissioners of Arundel on the Bay under the provision of
this Act; and they are hereby invested with all the powers, and are
required to perform all the duties authorized or required to be done by
Commissioners of said town under this Act, and shall continue in office
until the first election under this Act, and until their successors are elected
and qualified.

1898, ch. 349, sec. 8.

127. The president of said Board of Commissioners, by virtue of his
office as president and Mayor of said town, shall have all the jurisdiction
and powers of a justice of the peace, except as to the recovery of debts,
and may call upon any officer of said town entrusted with the receipts and

expenditures of public money for a statement of his accounts as often as he
may think necessary. He shall see that the ordinances of the board are

duly and faithfully executed, and shall report annually to the board of

Commissioners at their first annual meeting, the general state of the
affairs of the town, with an accurate account of all monies received and

expended during the preceding year to he made public for the information
of the citizens.