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CARROLL COUNTY. [ART. 7.

and not less than once in every three months; and if,
during the year for which they may have been elected,
the mayor or any of the common council should die,
resign or refuse to serve, or move from said town, or
be otherwise disqualified, a majority of said body yet

Vacancy, how
filled.

in their seats shall fill said vacancy, with the aforesaid
necessary qualifications, until the next general elec-
tion.

Ibid. s. 5.
Ordinances to
be recorded.

25. All ordinances passed by the mayor and com-
mon council, or a majority of them, shall be entered
by their clerk in a book to be kept by him for that
purpose, which shall be at all times open for the in-
spection of any person interested; and copies of all

Signed by the
mayor.

ordinances shall be signed by the mayor and set up in
the most public places of said town, that they may be
generally known.

Ibid. c. 6.
Oath of office.

26. All officers of said corporation except the mayor
shall, before they enter upon the duties of their respec-
tive offices, make oath before the mayor or a justice of
the peace for Carroll county, that they will act faith-
fully, without partiality or prejudice, in all things ap-
pertaining to their respective offices; the mayor shall
qualify by section six of article sixty-eight of the code,
and a failure to qualify within two weeks after their
election shall be deemed a refusal on the part of the
party failing, to accept the office to which he has been
elected.

Ibid. s. 7.
What property
taxable.

27. Sub-Sec. 1. All property within said limits ex-
cept occupied as churches and schools, and the property
owned, by Daniel and Jacob lodge, I. O. O. F., shall be
subjected to such taxes and charges as may be deemed
necessary by said mayor and common council or a ma-
jority of them, to support and maintain the expenses
which may, at any time, be incurred in the improve-
ment of said town, and for other corporate purposes
not exceeding twenty cents on every hundred dollars

Limit of tax.

of the assessed value of all houses and lots fronting
on streets and alleys, and all vacant lots and farming
lands not contiguous to streets and alleys shall be
taxed, on not more than one acre thereof, and the