WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1311

office, a new election shall be immediately proclaimed by
the Commissioners to fill the vacancy from among such
tie candidates which election shall be held on ten (10)
days' notice and in all respects as aforesaid, except as
to day of election.

(G) (Persons Elected to Qualify) The Commissioners
shall qualify and take possession of their offices on the sec-
ond Monday in August immediately following their elec-
tion, and the failure of any person so elected to appear and
qualify within the time prescribed shall be deemed a
refusal of the person failing to qualify to accept the office
of Commissioner, whereupon the person receiving the next
highest number of votes shall be declared duly elected.

141. (Town Commissioners) The government of said
Town shall be vested in three Commissioners who shall
possess the qualifications, receive the compensation and
have the powers and duties as set forth in this section.

(A) (Qualifications) Each Commissioner shall have
attained the age of twenty-one years on the day of election,
and shall have resided within the corporate limits of
Mardela Springs for not less than two (2) years prior
to the date of his election. The Commissioners must be
the owners of real estate within said town, and must con-
tinue to reside within the town during the term of their
office.

(B) (Compensation) The Commissioners shall re-
ceive as compensation the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00)
per annum. The Commissioner serving as Secretary shall
receive an additional Ten Dollars ($10.00) per annum for
his services in that capacity.

(C) (Allocation of Duties) The said Commissioners
shall appoint one of their number as President, and one
of their number as Secretary, and the same or another as
Treasurer.

(D) (Powers and Duties of the President) The Presi-
dent of the Commissioners shall be the executive officer
of the Town of Mardela Springs, clothed with all of the
power necessary to secure the enforcement of all ordi-
nances passed by the Commissioners under this Charter.
He may call the Commissioners in special session when
he is of the opinion that the public good may require.

(E) (Powers and Duties of the Secretary) The Sec-
retary shall keep the minutes of the Commissioners in a
well-bound book, which book shall be open to the inspec-