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	sided in the State of Maryland and in said town for
	twelve months next preceding the election, shall, on
	the fourth Monday of March, in the year eighteen
	hundred and seventy-eight, and upon the same day
	in every alternate year thereafter, elect by ballot a person, not under twenty-five years of age, a citizen	Elect Mayor
	of the United States, and five years a resident of
	said town next preceding the election, and seized of
	property situate within said town, and assessed at
	not less than one thousand dollars, to be the Mayor of
	said town, and to remain in office until his successor
	is elected and qualifies.
	SEC. 112. In case of a vacancy in the office of
	Mayor, by death or otherwise, an election may be
	ordered by the Council to fill the unexpired term,
	and said election, if ordered, shall be conducted in
	accordance with the provisions for holding elections	Vacancy
	for municipal officers, as hereinafter provided, and
	until said vacancy is filled by an election, the Coun-
	cil shall choose one of their number as Mayor, who
	shall discharge the duties of the oflice pro tempore.
	SEC. 113. The Mayor, by virtue of his office, shall
	be a conservator of the peace; he shall preside at all	Conservator
	meetings of the Council, and in case of a tie (except	of the peace.
	in the election of town officers) shall have the cast-
	ing vote, and he shall have power to call upon any	Pay over all
	officer of the town entrusted with the receipt and	monies col- lected.
	expenditure of town monies for a statement of his
	accounts, under oath, as often as the Council may
	conceive necessary; he shall see that all the ordi-
	nances of the town are duly and faithfully executed,
	and shall report and pay over to the Treasurer, every
	three months, all moneys collected by him for the
	corporation, and he shall report to the Council at its
	first annual meeting the general state of the town
	and its needs.
	SEC. 114. The Mayor shall enter into bond to the
	town in the penalty of five hundred dollars, with	Bond.
	two good sureties, to be approved by the Council,
	for the prompt payment to the town Treasurer of
	all monies collected by him for the town, in accord-
	ance with law ; he shall keep a register or docket	Keep a regis-
	and therein enter every case of a violation of the	ter.