1140 FREDERICK COUNTY. [ART. 11,

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 11, sec. 94

174. The aldermen shall meet on the third Monday in March,
annually, but the mayor may convene them whenever and as
often as it may appear to him that the interests of the corpora-
tion require their deliberation.

Ibid. sec. 95.

175. A majority of the aldermen shall be a quorum to do
business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day.

Ibid. sec. 96.

176. They may compel the attendance of absent members in
such manner, and under such penalties, as they may by ordinance--
provide.

Ibid. sec. 97.

177. They shall appoint their own president, who shall pre-
side at their sessions, and vote on all questions, and they shall
Bettie their rules of proceedings, appoint their own officers, and
remove them at pleasure.

Ibid. sec. 98.

178. They shall judge of the elections, returns and qualifica-
tions of their own members, and may, with the concurrence of
three-fourths of the whole, expel any member for disorderly
behavior or malconduct in office, but not a second time for the
same cause.

Ibid. sec. 99.

179. They shall keep a journal of their proceedings and enter
the yeas and nays on any question, resolve or ordinance, at the
request of any member—and their deliberations shall be public.

Ibid. sec. 100.

180. They shall annually elect by joint ballot a register of said
city, and shall fix and ascertain his duties by ordinance.

1870, ch. 154.

181. They may provide by ordinance for the appointment of
one or more constables who, within the police limits of the corpo-
ration, shall have all the powers possessed by constables in this