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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

a Mayor and six Members of the City Council, to

be qualified as hereinafter prescribed.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the Mayor and

City Council shall appoint three judges of election,

Appoint
judges of elec-

who shall have power to appoint clerks and conduct

tion.

the elections in all respects as elections for members

of the General Assembly (unless otherwise provided

for by ordinance) are required to be conducted, ex-

cept that the polls shall be opened at nine o'clock in

the morning, and closed at seven o'clock in the

evening ; and the said judges and clerks shall receive

the same compensation as judges and clerks of

elections in Harford county, to be paid by the said

city.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of

the city of Havre-de-Grace, residents thereof for one

year previous to the municipal elections of said city,
and qualified as hereinafter prescribed, shall, on the

first Monday in January in each and every year, of

which at least two weeks' notice shall be given by

Qualification.

the Mayor and City Council, elect by ballot a person

of known integrity, experience and sound judgment,

not less than thirty years of age, ten years a citizen

of the United States, and five years a resident of the

said city, next preceding the election, and assessed

upon the books of the assessors of Harford county

with real property in said city to an amount not less

than one thousand dollars, to be Mayor of the said

city of Havre-de-Grace for one year.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the City Council

Number of

shall consist of six members, who shall be citizens

councilmen.

of the United States above the age of twenty-five

years, residents of the city three years next preceding

their election, and assessed upon the books of the

assessors of Harford county to an amount not less

than five hundred dollars, and shall hold their office

for one year from the date of their election. The

members of said City Council shall be elected by the

legal voters of said city, and the qualifications of the

electors of the said City Council shall be the same

as those of Mayor.

Oath to be

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the members elect,

taken.

after first having taken an oath before some justice