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Councilmen at Large, five (5) District Councilmen (one (1)
Councilman for each of the several Districts of the Town),
and such other officers as are hereinafter designated or shall
be appointed by the Mayor and Common Council; and each
officer appointed shall continue to hold office for such term
or terms as the Mayor and Common Council shall determine.
The Mayor, the Treasurer, and the two (2) Councilmen at
Large shall be elected by the combined vote of the electorate
of said Town; the several District Councilmen shall be elected
by the voters within their respective Districts. Each elective
officer of said Town shall be a freeholder or the spouse of a
freeholder, shall have attained the age of 25 years, must be
a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State
of Maryland, and must be a registered voter of the said State
and of the said Town. Each elective officer of the Town of
College Park must continuously reside in said Town during
his Term of office; each District Councilman must reside in
the District from which he is elected; each Councilman at
Large must reside in a different District from that in which
resides any other Councilman at Large; and each officer shall
retain throughout his respective term of office all the quali-
fications necessary for his election, and the failure to retain
all of such qualifications shall ipso facto cause a forfeiture
of office.

Neither the Mayor nor any Councilman shall hold any other
office under the corporation during his term of office; neither
shall they, nor any other officer of the Corporation, either,
directly or indirectly, through the medium or agency of other
persons enter into a contract or contracts with the Corpora-
tion.

Before entering upon the duties of his office, each officer
shall take an oath that he will diligently and faithfully dis-
charge all duties of his office without favor, partiality or
prejudice. The said oath shall be filed among the records of
said Town.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor of the
Town of College Park shall receive a compensation of f 100.00
per year to reimburse him for his expenses in connection with
the office of Mayor. Each Councilman elected, qualified and
holding office under this Charter, shall receive a compensation
of $50.00 per year to reimburse him for his expenses in con-
nection with the office of Councilman. The compensation pro-
vided to be paid to the Mayor and Councilmen shall be payable
monthly and be chargeable as a municipal expense of the
corporation.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That at the first election
of officers held under this Charter, the qualified voters of the