FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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ELECTION.

170. The inhabitants of the Town of Oakland who have

resided therein for six months next preceding any munic-

ipal election, and who are qualified to vote for members of

Election.

the General Assembly of Maryland in Garrett County shall

on the third Monday in April eighteen hundred and ninety-

two, and on the same day in every second year thereafter,

elect by ballot one person to be mayor of said town, and

the voters qualified as aforesaid shall on the said third

Monday in April eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and on

the same day in every year thereafter elect three persons

to be members of the town council, and the members of the

town council who have been elected and are now in office

shall hold their office until the term for which they have

been elected shall have expired and until their successors

are elected and qualified.

MAYOR.

171. No person shall be eligible to the office of mayor

unless he shall have attained the age of thirty years, and

shall have resided five years in said town, (next preceding

his election ) and shall be a freeholder in said town of Oak-

land. The mayor elected at any regular election shall hold

Mayor

office for two years from the first Monday in May next after

his election and until his successor is elected and qualified.

Should a vacancy occur in the office of mayor more than

three months before the expiration of the term by reason of

removal from the town, death, resignation, removal from

office or otherwise the town council shall without delay

order an election to fill such vacancy. Wilful neglect of

duty or misbehavior in office on the part of the mayor, is

hereby declared to be a misdemeanor and on conviction

before a justice of the peace or in the Circuit Court¹ for

Garrett County, he shall be removed from office by the

justice of the peace or judge who shall sit in the case, and

any person who shall be convicted and removed from the

office of mayor as aforesaid, shall thereafter be disqualified

from holding any office in said corporation. The mayor

shall have power to appoint and employ all agents, servants,

and employees, not otherwise provided for by law, who may

be required by said corporation. He shall on the first Mon-

day of May in each year appoint and send to the town coun-

cil for confirmation the names of persons for the office of

police magistrate, attorney, and bailiff respectively. He

shall have power to remove for cause any officer, agent,

servant, or employee of said corporation who has been