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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

poration in a well bound book, to be provided by

the commissioners for that purpose, and shall annu-

ally or oftener, if required, render to the commis-

sioners an account thereof; but before said treasurer

Give bond.

shall enter upon the duties of his office, he shall give
bond payable to said commissioners in such penalty

as they may fix, with securities to be approved by

them, conditioned that he will well and faithfully

account for all monies paid over to him by the bailiff

of said town, or any other person or persons, for the

use and benefit of said corporation, and shall also

well and truly pay to the order of said commission-

ers, or a majority of them, all sums of money so re-

ceived by him, and the said bond shall be recorded

among the records of said corporation ; and the said

treasurer shall qualify and enter upon the duties of

his oifice on or before the first Monday in June suc-

ceeding his election, and a failure to qualify within

the time herein specified shall be deemed a refusal

Vacancy —

to accept the office, whereupon the commissioners

how filled.

shall order a new election to fill the vacancy ; and it

shall be the duty of the commissioners to cause to

be issued certificate of election to person receiving

the highest number of votes for treasurer of said

town, and in case of a tie vote for the office of treas-

urer, the commissioners shall order a new election.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the following

additional sections be added to the act of eighteen

Additional

hundred and seventy, chapter two hundred and

sections.

sixty, entitled " An act to incorporate the town of

Laurel, in Prince George's county," to follow after

section twenty-nine of said act.

SEC. 30. And le it enacted, That the first and all

subsequent elections held under this act, the com-

missioners shall give at least ten days' notice of the

same, and shall be held at such places as they may

Designate
places of elec-
tion.

designate ; and the judges thereof shall be three in
number, and be designated and appointed by the

said commissioners at least ten days prior to holding

said election, and give public notice of the same ;

the said judges shall appoint two clerks, and shall

keep the polls open from two o'clock P. M. to six

o'clock P. M., when they shall be closed and the

ballots publicly counted ; and they shall, within two

days after said election, make a true and correct re-