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maintenance shall be in addition to, and exclusive of, the cost of police
protection, light and water supply to be also furnished or provided in and.
for said Park by The Mayor and Council of Easton.

1929, ch. 462, sec. 3.

248. From and after the acquisition of Community Park by The
Mayor and Council of Easton, there shall be a municipal Park Board to
be called "The Park Board of Easton, Maryland," consisting of the Mayor
of Easton, the Superintendent of Public Schools for Talbot County, pro-
vided he is a resident and taxpayer of said town, unless he declines to serve'
or should be found ineligible for membership on said Park Board, and
three other adult persons who are residents of the town of Easton, being
also taxpayers therein, which three last mentioned members shall be
appointed by the Mayor, subject to approval of the Council of Easton, for
the terms of two years, four years and six years or until their successors
are duly appointed and qualified, respectively, and the respective terms of
each of said members shall be specified by the Mayor in and at the time
of said appointments, and at the expiration of said respective terms, the
Mayor, with the approval of the Council, shall appoint a successor, of like
qualifications as before recited, to serve as member of said Park Board
for a term of six years, or until his successor is duly appointed and quali-
fied, and in the event of a vacancy, by reason of resignation, death, refusal
to serve or otherwise, in any of said three last mentioned memberships,-
the Mayor, with the approval of the Council shall fill the vacancy by
appointing some person of like qualification, as above specified, to serve
for the remainder of said unexpired term; and if at any time the-person
holding, the office of Superintendent of Public Schools of Talbot County
should fail or refuse to accept the appointment by the Mayor and the-
said Council, to membership on said Park Board, or if he shall be in-
eligible for membership on said Board, then and in that event, the Mayor,
with the approval of the Council, shall appoint another person of like
qualifications as hereinbefore recited, to be a member of said Park Board
to serve for a period of six years from the date of said appointment or
until his successor is duly appointed and qualified, provided, however,
that whenever there is a vacancy on said Board, if the Superintendent of
Public Schools for Talbot County is not then a member of said Board,
he shall be so appointed by the Mayor and the said Council, unless he
declines to serve or is ineligible for membership on said Board, it being
the purpose of this section to create a Park Board to be comprised, at all
times, of five members, who are to serve, as herein provided, without com-
pensation.

1929, ch. 462, sec. 4.

249. The Park Board of Easton, as created and provided in the next
preceding section of this Act, shall have full and complete charge and
control of said Community Park and other parks, squares, and public
plots, hereafter owned or acquired by said municipal corporation and
shall have full, complete and discretionary power and authority in the