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1910, ch. 529, sec. 61 (p. 1082).

58. If any of the judges at such an election shall wilfully make a false
return in same, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a felony and, on con-
viction, shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than one nor
more than ten years.

1910, ch. 529, sec. 63 (p. 1083).

59. Any person elected as Mayor or Councilman, before he enters upon
the duties of his office, shall first take an oath, the Mayor before a justice
of the peace of the county and the Councilman before the Mayor, that he
will diligently and faithfully, without partiality, favor or prejudice, well
and truly perform the duties of Mayor or Councilman, as the case may be,
which oath shall be recorded and filed in the office of the clerk of the Mayor
and City Council of Crisfield, and a certified copy of said record shall be
competent evidence of the taking of said oath.

1910, ch. 529, sec. 64 (p. 1083).

60. If any vacancy shall occur in the office of Mayor or Councilman
by death, removal, resignation, failure to qualify or otherwise, the Council-
man, or the remaining Councilman, at their next regular meeting, or at a
special meeting called for the purpose, shall elect a qualified person to be
Mayor or Councilman, as the case may be, to fill such vacancy or vacancies,
to serve until the next election under this Act and until his or their suc-
cessors are elected and qualified, who shall take the oath hereinbefore pre-
scribed and in the same manner, which oath shall be certified to and re-
corded in the proceedings of the Council in same manner as if he or they
had been originally elected to said vacant office, and at the next annual
election the qualified voters shall elect a qualified person to fill said vacancy
for the unexpired term.

1910, ch. 529. sec. 65 (p. 1083). 1924, ch. 185, sec. 65.

61. All ordinances and by-laws passed by the City Council shall be
delivered by the Clerk of the Council at once, or as soon as conveniently
may be, to the Mayor for his approval. He shall return the same to the
Clerk within six days after delivery to him, inclusive of the day of deliver-
ing and its return, with his approval or disapproval; and any ordinance or
by-law returned by the Mayor without his approval shall not subsequently
become a by-law unless subsequently passed at a meeting by a unanimous
vote of the Councilmen; and if he shall fail to return same within six clays
of its delivery, as aforesaid, then the said ordinance or by-law shall become
effective and valid without his approval. The Mayor shall see that all by-
laws and ordinances of the City are promptly and strictly enforced; he
shall after each biennial election, and so often as he shall deem proper,
report to the Council the condition of municipal affairs, with such recom-
mendations as he deems proper for the public good and welfare of the
City; he shall appoint the officers herein provided, and he is hereby given
full control of the police officers and street supervisor and all other officers
who shall receive their orders from the Mayor and execute them under