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cil and preside at its meetings, and shall have all the privileges
of a Councilman in debate and vote. He shall have no power
to veto any measure, but every resolution or ordinance passed
by the Council must be signed by the Mayor or by three Coun-
cilmen and be recorded before the same shall be enforced. The
Council may elect one of their number as President pro tem-
pore, who shall in the absence or inability of the Mayor preside
at the sessions, who for the time being shall be acting Mayor
and have all the authority in law of the Mayor. Special
meetings of the Council may be at any time convened by the
Mayor or at the request of three members of that body. The
Mayor of the town of Federalsburg shall be the executive
officer thereof, clothed with all the powers necessary to secure
the enforcement of all ordinances of said town under this
Charter. At all meetings of the Mayor and Council the Mayor
and two Councilmen, or in the absence of the Mayor three
Councilmen, present and voting shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business, and three affirmative votes shall
be necessary for the passage of an ordinance, law or resolu-
tion at all times. Upon every vote the a yes and nays shall be
called and recorded.

187. No person shall be elected as Mayor of said town unless
he shall have been a resident of said town for at least three
years prior to his election, and in the event that he shall re-
move from the corporate limits of said town then the said
office of Mayor shall forthwith become vacant, and his succes-
sor shall be duly appointed as is provided by this Act. The
Mayor shall receive the annual salary of One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) per year.

188. No person shall be elected as a Councilman of said
town unless he shall have been a resident of said town for at
least three years prior to his election, and in the event that he
shall remove from the corporate limits of said town, then the
said office of Councilman shall forthwith become vacant and
his successor shall be duly appointed as is provided by this
Act. The Councilmen elected hereunder shall receive the sum
of One Dollars ($1.00) per diem for each and every meeting
of said Mayor and Council which they shall attend in the dis-
charge of their duties as Councilmen.

193. The Mayor and Council of Federalsburg in the month
of July shall have power to levy annually a tax on the assess-
able property of said town for the general purposes of said
corporation not exceeding in any one year One Dollar ($1.00)
on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) worth of said assess-

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