46 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

every year, render to the said board of commissioners, an ac-
count of his receipts and disbursements, with the vouchers there-
for, during said period, which account shall be verified by the
affidavit of said treasurer, and the said commissioners shall there-
upon examine said account, and if they find the same to be cor-
rect, shall certify said account and send the same to the city
council of Baltimore city, within ten days after said account
shall have been rendered by the treasurer, the said commissioners
retaining a correct copy thereof, with a copy of their certificate
to be filed among the papers of their office. A majority of the
Board of Police shall constitute a quorum, and the failure or
refusal of the mayor or acting mayor of the city of Baltimore,
to qualify or act hereunder, shall in no wise impair the right or
duty of said commissioners to organize and proceed as herein
provided; in case a vacancy shall happen among the commis-
sioners during the recess of the Legislature, it shall be filled by
the Governor, the appointment so made, to continue till the
appointment and qualification of some person for said vacancy,
which appointment shall be made by the General Assembly on
joint ballot, at its next regular session; and the General Assem-
bly, shall also in like manner appoint commissioners to succeed
those whose term of service shall expire, such appointment to
be made at the session of the Legislature immediately preceding
such expiration; any one of said commissioners who, during his
term of office, shall accept any other place of public trust or
emolument, or who, during the same period, shall knowingly
receive any nomination for an office elective by the people, with-
out publicly declining the same within twenty days succeeding
said nomination, shall be deemed to have thereby vacated his
office; for official misconduct, any of the said commissioners may
be removed by a concurrent vote of the two houses of the Gen-
eral Assembly, or by the Governor, during the recess thereof.

43. During the present session of the General Assembly two
commissioners shall be elected by joint ballot of the two houses,
and as soon as they shall have been qualified by taking and sub-
scribing to the oaths or affirmations hereinbefore mentioned, they
shall cast lots between themselves, and the commissioner whose
name shall be first drawn shall serve from the time of his appoint-