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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

offer to vote, and in case of removal, until said resi-

dence is acquired, the voter must vote in the ward

Hour of

from which he has removed. The polls shall be

opening.

kept open from nine o'clock A. M., until six o'clock,

P. M., on said day, and the day of election shall be

advertised for at least two weeks, in two newspapers

published in Hagerstown, by the judges who have

been appointed to hold said election.

SEC. 121. At the close of the polls the judges shall

Tell the bal-

immediately proceed to tell the ballots, and return

lots.

under their hands and seals to the Clerk of the Cir-

cuit Court for Washington county the number of
votes cast for each candidate, and the persons receiv-

ing the highest number of votes as duly elected, and

they shall return at the same time the ballots that

were cast for the candidates, and all records of said

election, and the said clerk, upon receipt thereof,

File ballots.

shall file the same, together with the certificate of

the oath taken before him by the judges, and shall

immediately notify the persons chosen of their elec-

tion, in accordance with the return of the j udges,

and said persons, so elect, before entering upon the

duties of their office, shall take and subscribe in a

book to be kept for that purpose, before the said

clerk or one of his sworn deputies, the following

oath : ".We will well and faithfully discharge the

duties of Councilmen (or Mayor and Councilmen),

for the town of Hagerstown, in accordance with the

.

best of our ability and understanding of the laws

and ordinances of said town ;" and the said clerk

shall be entitled to a fair and reasonable compensa-

Compensa-
tion.

tion for the services required of him by this and

other sections of this act.

SEC. 122. The Council shall convene at least once

in every month during the year, and as much oftener

as the necessities of the town may require, and they

Annual sal'ry

shall receive an annual salary of fifty dollars each,

and no other fees whatever.

SEO. 123. At their first regular meeting, or as soon

as may be convenient, the Council shall proceed to

Elect Treas-

elect a Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Clerk, Market

urer, &c.

Inspector and such other officers as may be required

for the conduct and regulation of municipal affairs.