2084 WICOMICO COUNTY. [ART. 23.

preceding section, and at the next annual election the qualified
voters shall elect by ballot a person to fill the said vacancy for
the unexpired term.

1888, ch. 186.

136. The mayor shall see that the ordinances of the town are
faithfully executed, and shall report to the council after each
annual election the condition of municipal affairs, accompanying
his reports with such recommendations as he may deem proper
for the public good and welfare of the town. He shall have the
power of vetoing any ordinance, as hereinafter provided; and for
his services shall receive an annual salary of one hundred dollars.

Ibid.

137. The mayor shall publish in one or more newspapers-
published in said town, at least ten days prior to holding such
election, notice thereof, which notice shall state the object of such
election, the day and hour of polling and the officers to be voted
for. He shall also appoint, three days prior to holding such
elections, three citizens, qualified voters of said town, to act as
judges of election, who, before entering upon the discharge of
their duties, shall take oath before the clerk of the circuit court
for Wicomico county, to act fairly and impartially as judges of
election for mayor and councilmen; and in case of failure of said
persons so appointed to appear and qualify, the mayor shall issue
a certificate to one or more persons to act as such judge or judges,
who shall qualify as above; they shall appoint one of their own
number as clerk; they shall keep the polls open from nine o'clock
A. M. until five o'clock p. M.; and they shall, within two days after
the election, return, under their hands, the number of votes cast,
and for whom cast, with a copy of their oath, to the clerk of the
circuit court for Wicomico county, who shall record the same at
once, issue certificates of election to the persons receiving the
largest number of votes; said certificates shall be recorded among
the proceedings of the council; should the mayor fail to perform
the duties imposed upon him, he shall be subject to indictment in
the circuit court for Wicomico county, and upon conviction, to a
fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, to be paid into the treasury
of the town.