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	year, there shall be an election for councilmen in
	said wards.
	SEC. 119. In case of the vacancy in the position
	of councilman for any ward by death or otherwise,
	the Mayor and Council shall order an election to fill said vacancy for the unexpired term, and said	Election to fill vacancy.
	election, if ordered, shall be conducted in accord-
	ance with the provisions hereinafter enacted in refer-
	ence to elections of town officers.
	SEC. 120. The method of election of Councilmen,
	or Mayor and Councilmen, as the case may be, shall	Method of
	be as follows: The Mayor shall appoint three citi-	election.
	zens of said town in time to give the notice herein-
	after prescribed, to act as judges of election, and
	before proceeding to act, they shall take the follow-
	ing oath before the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
	Washington county, or one of his sworn deptuties :
	"We will fairly and impartially act as judges of	Oath of
	election for Councilmen of Hagerstown (or Mayor	judges of elec-
	and Councilmen of Hagerstown), on the —— day of	tion.
	March, —— , according to the the best of our knowl-
	edge and understanding of the law," and a certificate
	that said oath has been duly administered by the
	said clerk shall be received by the judges, and made
	to accompany the certificate of election returns as
	hereinafter provided. The said judges shall appoint
	two clerks of election, who, before proceeding to act,
	shall take this oath, to be administered by one of the
	judges: "We will well and faithfully keep a true	Record all
	record of all the voters whose ballots are received	voters.
	for Councilmen of Hagerstown (or Mayor and Coun-
	cilmen of Hagerstown), at the election to be held
	on the —— day of March, in the year —— , accord-
	ing to the respective wards in which said ballots are
	cast, according to the best of our ability." A box
	shall be kept with five compartments, designated re-
	spectively as Wards One, Two, Three, Four, Five,
	and the ballots received shall be deposited in the re-
	spective wards in which the voters live, and their
	names shall be taken down in lists according to the
	wards, and all persons entitled to vote for Mayor
	shall be entitled to vote for Councilmen, provided,
	however, that they have lived for six months next
	preceding the election in the ward in which they