ART. 2.] ANNAPOLIS. 101

P L. L., (1860,) art. 2, sec. 31.

29. The corporation shall appoint three persons judges of said
election, any two of whom shall be competent to hold such elec-
tion, and shall also appoint the necessary clerks of said election;
and the judges and clerks shall qualify in the same manner as
judges and clerks of election are required by law to qualify; and
shall in the execution of their respective duties and in the manner
of conducting elections conform in every respect to the provisions
of the code of public general laws relating to elections, and shall
be subject to the same penalties as other judges and clerks of
election in this State.

Ibid. sec. 33.

30. The mayor, counsellor and aldermen shall designate the
place of holding elections, and the polls shall be kept open from
nine o'clock in the morning until six o'clock in the evening, and
the returns shall be made to the mayor, counsellor and aldermen,
and recorded among their proceedings.

Ibid sec. 33.

31. All persons qualified to be delegates to the general assem-
bly shall be eligible as mayor, counsellor and aldermen.

1867, ch. 240.

32. In case of the death, refusal to serve, disqualification or
removal out of the city of any of the members of the corporation,
a majority of the remaining members shall fill the vacancy for the
residue of the term.

1870, ch. 203.

33. The mayor shall qualify by taking and subscribing the
oath of office prescribed by the constitution, before the clerk of the
circuit court for Anne Arundel county, or before one of his
sworn deputies. The aldermen, counsellor and judges and clerks
of elections, and all other officers of the city, shall, before they
enter upon the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe
before the mayor the following oath: " I do solemnly swear that
I will faithfully execute the office of ———— to the best of my
knowledge ond ability, without favor, affection or partiality. "
The mayor, counsellor and aldermen shall hold their first session