ART. 22.] HAGERSTOWN. 1961

1886, ch. 409.

158. The mayor, by virtue of his office, shall preside at all
meetings of the council, and in case of a tie, except in the pas-
sage of ordinances, shall have the deciding vote; he shall see
that the ordinances of the town are faithfully executed, and shall
report to the council, at its first meeting after each annual elec-
tion, the condition of municipal affairs; he shall have the power
of vetoing any ordinance, as hereinafter provided in section 174;
and for his services shall receive an annual salary of one hundred
dollars, and no other fee or compensation whatever.

Ibid.

159. There shall be elected one councilman for each of said
wards, as follows: on the fourth Monday of March, eighteen
hundred and eighty-eight, one councilman for ward number two
and one for ward number four, who shall continue in office until
the fonrth Monday in March, eighteen hundred and ninety, or
until their successors are elected and qualified, when there shall
be an election for councilmen in said wards; and from that time
upon the same day in every alternate year thereafter, there shall
be an election for councilmen for said wards. The councilmen
elected on the fourth Monday of March, eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven, for wards numbers one, three and five, shall con-
tinue in office until the fonrth Monday of March, eighteen
hundred and eighty-nine, or until their successors are elected and
qualified, when there shall be an election for councilmen in said
wards one, three and five; and from that time upon the same day
in every alternate year thereafter, there shall be an election for
councilmen in said wards one, three and five. And the qualifi-
cations of the voters for councilmen shall be the same as for
mayor, as provided in section 156, provided the voter shall have
resided for six months next preceding the election in the ward in
which he offers to vote; and in case of removal or until such
residence is acqiured, the voter must vote in the ward from
which he has removed and in which he is a qualified elector; the
said councilmen shall be twenty-five years of age, citizens of the
United States, residents of Hagerstown for five years next pre-
ceding the election, and residents of the respective wards for
which they are chosen for six months next preceding their
election, and shall take the oath of office as hereinafter pre-