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at least five days' previous notice posted as aforesaid of said
election.

60. If at the election to be held on the first Monday of May,
1937, it shall appear that less than two of said officers have
been elected, then, the board now in office, or any three of
them, shall proclaim a new election, giving at least five days'
public notice thereof, posted as aforesaid; in case of the fail-
ure to elect four Commissioners on the first Monday of May,
1937, the division into classes prescribed in Section 57 afore-
said, shall not take place until after the vacancies are filled;
and, should a vacancy arise in any of said offices because of the
death, resignation, refusal to qualify, removal or otherwise of
the persons elected to fill them, the said board shall proclaim
a new election to fill the same, giving at least five days' notice
thereof.

60A. The President and Commissioners so elected may meet
and adjourn from time to time as they may think proper; and
at their first meeting, which shall be within one month after
their election, they shall appoint by ballot a Secretary and a
Treasurer, who shall continue in office until successors shall
be appointed and qualified, but shall be subject to removal by
said board for neglect of duty, disobedience to its orders, or
other malfeasance in office; and they shall require and take
from the Treasurer a bond, in a penalty to be fixed by them,
for the faithful discharge of his duty as said Treasurer.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, and necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-
fifths of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of
its passage.

Approved May 18, 1937.

CHAPTER 8.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 209
of Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "Washington County", sub-title
"Funkstown", increasing the amount of indebtedness which
the burgess and commissioners of Funkstown may incur.