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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

delivered to the clerk of the said town, who shall

record and file the same among the records of the

said corporation, and the mayor and common coun-

cilmen so elected shall qualify in accordance with

article sixty-eight of the Code of Public General

Laws, and shall each hold the office to which he has

been elected, one year from the third Monday in

April next ensuing his election, and until his or their

successors shall be elected and qualified; and a failure

to qualify within two weeks after their election shall

be deemed a refusal on the part of the party so fail-

ing to accept the office to which he has been elected.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That if any person who

has been elected to the office of mayor or common

councilman shall refuse or neglect to qualify, or be

otherwise disqualified, the mavor shall immediately

order a new election to be held to fill the vacancy ;

and the mayor and common councilmen for the time

Neglect to

qualify.

being, shall continue in office until such election
shall be held and their successors are elected and

qualified ; provided, however, that no election shall

be held to fill vacancies in the office of common

councilmen, so long as the mayor and three common

councilmen shall remain who have been duly elected

and qualified, and who shall in such case elect coun-

cilmen to fill the vacancy.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That if the mayor or

any member of the common council shall die, resign

or remove from the said town, or from any cause

shall become disqualified during the year for which

Vacancy ?

he has been elected, the chairman of the common

how filled.

council shall act as mayor for the balance of the

term ; or the mayor and remaining members of the

common council shall elect one or more councilmen

to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the said term.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That all future elec-

tions shall be held and conducted as shall be from

Future elec-

time to time directed by the laws and ordinances of

tions.

the said corporation, and not inconsistent with the

provisions of this act.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the said common

council shall meet at some convenient place in the