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the office of Mayor for any unexpired term of any vacancy caused by death
or otherwise, or for the term of any person who may have refused to
qualify; and in case of any election of Mayor by the Council, the person
receiving a majority of the whole number of members of the Council shall
be declared elected as Mayor of said town for any unexpired term, in case
of a vacancy caused by death or otherwise, or for any term for which any
person previously elected may have refused to qualify; and the clerk of
the Mayor and Council shall immediately certify the vote so taken to
elect any such successors, or to elect any person for any term so as afore-
said, under his hand and the corporate seal of the town, to the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Washington County; and the said Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court, upon receipt thereof, shall forthwith notify the person so
elected, who shall, within three days after the service of such notice,
qualify by taking the oath hereinafter prescribed for town officers; and
if such person elected shall fail to qualify as hereinafter provided, another
election shall be held by the Council, to fill the vacancy; and until such
vacancy is filled or in case of a sickness or absence of the Mayor or his
inability to be present and preside at any meeting of the Council called
by not less than four of its members when in their judgment such meet-
ing is necessary, and said Councilmen are hereby authorized to call any
such meeting, the Council shall choose one of its members as Mayor, who
shall discharge the duties of the office pro tempore, and all Acts done by
the Mayor and Council as thus constituted shall be valid and binding in
law.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 158. 1886, ch. 409. 1894, ch. 115. 1918, ch. 2, sec. 158.
1924, ch. 58. 1927, ch. 680, sec. 158.

232A. The Mayor, by virtue of his office, shall preside at all meetings
of the council and in case of a tie, except in the passage of ordinances,
shall have the deciding vote; he shall see that the ordinances of the town
are faithfully executed and shall report to the council at its first meeting
each year the condition of municipal affairs; he shall have the power of
vetoing any ordinances, as hereinafter provided in Section 335 ; and for
his services he shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars,
and no other fee or compensation whatever.

P L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 159. 1886, ch 409. 1892, ch. 36. 1916, ch. 19, sec 159.
1918, ch. 2, sec. 159. 1920, ch. 55, sec. 159. 1927, ch. 680, sec. 159,

233. There shall be elected one councilman for each of said Wards as
follows: on the fourth Monday of March in the year 1929, and not before,
and on the same day every four years thereafter and the term of office of
the present councilmen from wards two and four is hereby extended until
said election in 1929. All councilmen elected shall hold office until their
successors are duly elected and qualified. The qualifications of the voters
for councilmen shall be the same as for Mayor, provided the voter shall
have resided for six months next preceding the election in the ward in
which he offers to vote; and in case of removal or until such residence
is acquired, the voter must vote in the ward from which he has removed