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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

residents of the ward from which they are elected

Qualificati'ns

for ninety days prior to the election. The qualifica-
tions of the electors of said City Council shall be the

same as those of the Mayor, and each elector shall

be a resident of the ward in which he may offer to

vote for not less than thirty days next preceding the

election at which he may offer to vote. The mem-

bers of said City Council from the several wards,

elected on the third Monday of May, eighteen hun-

dred and seventy-seven, shall hold office until the

election and qualification of their successors above

provided.

29. All members of the said City Council shall

Property-

actually be possessed of and assessed for on the books

holder.

of said city, property to the amount in value of five

hundred dollars at the time of their election.

30. The City Council shall meet at the council

Time of meet-

chamber on the first Monday in June in each year

ing

to organize, and said Councilmen shall, before they

enter upon their duties as such, make oath before

the Mayor that they will diligently and faithfully,

to the best of their judgment, perform the duties of

Councilmen of said city, without fear, partiality or

prejudice; and the Mayor shall take the oath pre-
scribed by the constitution, as directed by section six

of article sixty-eight of the Code.

31. At the organization of said City Council on

the first Monday in June in each year, or as soon

thereafter as may be practicable, said City Council

shall elect by ballot one of their own number as

president of the Council, who shall preside at all

meetings of the Council, and shall have the right of

voting on all matters coming before said body, and

Mayor pro

in case of the absence of the Mayor, or in case of a

tem.

vacancy in the office of Mayor from any cause, the

president of the Council shall be Mayor pro tem.

until the same is filled, with all the powers and

duties of Mayor devolving upon him, and in case of

the absence or inability to act of both the Mayor and

the president of the Council, said Council shall forth-

with meet and elect a Mayor pro tem., upon notifica-

tion by the clerk of such absence or inability.

32. The inhabitants of the city of Cumberland,

residents thereof for one year previous to the muni.