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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

town ordinances tried before the two police justices,

setting forth the name of the offender, his offence,

amount of fine and costs or other penalty, all of

which shall be reported to the Mayor by the officer

making such arrest immediately thereafter.

SEC. 115. All ordinances passed by the Council

Ordinanccs
to be approv'd

shall be sent to the Mayor for his approbation, and
upon his approval shall become laws, but in case he

return any ordinance without his sanction it shall

not become a law unless passed subsequently by four

out of the five councilmen.

SEC. 116. For his services the Mayor shall receive

an annual salary of two hundred dollars and no

other fees whatever.

SEC. 117. The said town shall be divided into five

How divided.

wards, as indicated on Downin's map of Hagers-

town aforesaid, and there shall be five councilmen,

one from each ward, possessed of the following quali-
fications: They shall be twenty-five years of age,

citizens of the United States, residents of Hagers-

town for five years next preceding the election, and

possessed of property assessed at not less than five

hundred dollars, situate within said town, and resi-

dents of the respective wards from which they are

chosen for six months next preceding their election.

SEC. 118. The said councilmen shall be elected on

When elected

the fourth Monday of March in the year eighteen

hundred and seventy-eight, and the councilmen for

wards one, three and five shall continue in office

until the fourth Monday of March in the year

eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, or until their

successors are elected and qualify, when there shall

be an election for councilmen in said wards, and

from that time, upon the same day in every alter--

nate year, there shall be an election for councilmen

in said wards ; the councilmen elect in eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-eight for wards two and four shall

Continue in

continue in office until eighteen hundred and eighty,

office.

or until their successors are elected and qualify, when,

at the mayoralty election in said year, there shall be

an election for councilmen in said wards, and from

that time forth, upon the same day in every alternate