4548 ARTICLE 21.

board the town clerk shall call a meeting of Council by giving twenty-four
hours' notice to fill such vacancy or vacancies.

1906, ch. 458, sec. 60.

152. The board of canvassers shall organize by electing one of their
members president, and one clerk, and shall have such powers and duties
as the board of canvassers, under the general law of the State of Mary-
land, so far as receiving the returns and canvassing of the voter* is con-

cerned; and the same right of appeal from the board of canvassers to the
Circuit Court for Talbot county and the Court of Appeals of Maryland
shall be had as is provided under the election law of the State of Mary-
land from the board of canvassers therein provided. All cases of contested
election of any of the officers shall be decided by the Circuit Court for
Talbot county, and the same right of appeal to the Court of Appeals and
the same procedure shall be had as is provided in cases of contested elec-
tions under the general election laws of the State of Maryland.

1906, ch. 458, sec. 61.

153. The said board of canvassers shall issue a certificate of election
to each official elected, and issue two certificates, one to the Mayor and

one to the Council, whenever any proposition is submitted to the vote of
the people, showing the vote for and against, which certificate shall be
on blanks prepared by the town clerk, and shall contain a plain statement

of the facts and be signed by a majority of said board of canvassers. Any
person who shall bribe or attempt to bribe, coerce or intimidate any voter
to vote or not to vote for or against any person or proposition, or to vote

or not to vote at any election held under the provisions of this Act, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction before the police justice

for Easton District of Talbot county, or in the Circuit Court for Talbot

county, shall be fined for each and every offense not less than twenty-five

dollars and costs, and shall be confined in the county jail until both fine
and costs are paid.

1906, ch. 458, sec. 62. 1908, ch. 41, sec. 62 (p. 1015). 1914, ch. 41

154. The Mayor shall be a person of known integrity, experience and
sound judgment and a qualified voter of the town of Easton, not less than
twenty-five years of age, and he must have been a qualified voter, in one

of the election precincts of Talbot County centering in the town of Easton,
for two years next preceding the election, and for one year next preceding
the election be assessed upon the assessment books of said town with prop-

erty to the amount of not less than $500, and shall hold his office for two
years, beginning on the third Monday in May in that year in which gen-

eral elections are held, and until the qualification of his successor. The
President of the Council shall be possessed of the same qualifications.

*"Votes" evidently intended.