1338 HARFORD COUNTY. [ART. 13.

1878, ch. 440.

141. The mayor and city council shall appoint three judges-
of election, who shall have power to appoint clerks and conduct
the elections in all respects as elections for members of the
general assembly are required to be conducted, (unless otherwise
provided for by ordinance,) except that the polls shall be opened
at nine o'clock in the morning, and closed at seven o'clock in the
evening; and the said judges and clerks shall receive the same
compensation as judges and clerks of elections in Harford,
county, to be paid by the said city.

Ibid.

142. The mayor shall be a person of known integrity, experi-
ence and sound judgment, not less than thirty years of age, ten
years a citizen of the United States, and five years a resident of
the said city next preceding the election, and assessed upon the
books of the assessors of Harford county with real property in
said city to an amount not less than one thousand dollars, and
shall hold his office for one year and until the qualification of his.
successor.

Ibid.

143. The city council shall consist of six members, who shall
be citizens of the United Statea above the age of twenty-five
years, residents of the city three years next preceding their
election, and assessed upon the books of the assessors of Harford
county to an amount not less than five hundred dollars, and shall
hold their office for one year from the date of their election.

Ibid.

144. The members elect of the city council, after having first
taken an oath before some justice of the peace of Harford.
county to act faithfully, without favor, partiality or prejudice, in
all things appertaining to their respective offices, shall meet on
the second Monday in January next succeeding their election and.
elect from their number a president of the council, who shall
preside at all meetings of the council in the absence of the
mayor, or in case of his death, resignation or removal, and who
shall act as mayor pro tem,, until the election of a mayor as.
herein directed; and in the event of a failure to take the oath by