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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 38. And be it enacted, That whenever the

said City Council shall by ordinance order the open-

Summon jury

ing of any new street in said city, they shall summon
a jury of twelve disinterested male citizens of said

city, whom for that purpose the Mayor shall have

summoned and sworn, to determine, upon a view of

the premises, the amount of damages due to the

owner of the land through which said street shall

pass; and the said jury so summoned and sworn

shall return under their seals to the Mayor of said

city the amount and result of their findings ; and

such damages so found shall be paid out of the

treasury of said city.

SEC. 39. And be it enacted, That the City Coun-

Qualifica-

cil shall be the judges of the qualifications of the

tions.

Mayor, and of their own members.

SEC. 40. And be it enacted, That four members

of the City Council shall constitute a quorum for the

Quorum.

transaction of business, and the Council shall pass

all needful rules for their government whilst in

session.

SEC. 41. And be it enacted, That in case of a tie

How decided

vote in the City Council upon any question what-
ever, the Mayor shall have the right to vote, and

shall decide the question in dispute.

SEC. 42. And be it enacted, That the Mayor and

City Council, if they shall deem it necessary, may

May appoint

appoint counsel to the corporation, and may allow

counsel.

said counsel such compensation as they may think

proper for services performed by their request, not

exceeding fifty dollars per annum.

SEC. 43. And be it enacted, That J. Thompson

Freize, A. E. Treadway, Robert Seneca, Jacob Os-

mond and Robert R. Vandiver, Commissioners of

Who is to call
an election.

the town of Havre-de-Grace, or a majority of them,
are hereby authorized to call an election on the first

Monday in January, eighteen hundred and seventy-

nine, to elect a Mayor and six members of the City

Council, under this act. They shall first give three

Give notice.

weeks' notice of such election, previous to the first
Monday in January, eighteen hundred and seventy-

nine, in some newspaper published in said town, or