1328 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 548

vacated, until the next annual election, and the person or
persons so appointed shall subscribe to the oath the same as
a regularly elected Commissioner, and such oath shall be
certified to and recorded as provided in the following section
and provided further that if the Commissioner shall be
unable to agree on a suitable person to fill such vacancy, the
appointment shall be made by the President of the Commis-
sioners.

SEC. 9. Any person elected as Commissioner of Ridgely
shall, before he enters upon the discharge of his office, make
oath before a Justice of the Peace or a Notary Public of
Caroline County "that he will diligently and faithfully,
without favor, partiality or prejudice, perform the duties of
such Commissioner of Ridgely", and a certificate showing the
taking of the said oath shall be returned by the said Justice
of Peace or Notary Public and filed and recorded among the
proceedings of the said Commissioners of Ridgely.

SEC. 10. The Commissioners of Ridgely shall meet the
first Monday of May following each annual election and the
tenure and duration of their office shall be for a term of three
years from the said first Monday of May following their
election, unless such term of office shall be the filling of an
unexpired term, in which event it shall be for the time here-
tofore provided for. The said Commissioners of Ridgely
shall hold regular meetings on the first Monday of each and
every month thereafter, and may meet as much oftener as the
Commissioners of Ridgely may deem necessary to the proper
discharge of their official duties. The President of the Com-
missioners of Ridgely shall preside at its meetings and
every ordinance passed by the Commissioners of Ridgely
must be signed by the President, or by two Commissioners,
and be recorded in the ordinance record book kept by the
Clerk of the Commissioners before the same shall be in force.
The Commissioners may elect one of their number as Presi-
dent pro tempore, who shall in the absence or inability of the
President preside at the sessions, who for the time being shall
be acting President and have all the authority in law of the
President. Special meetings of the Commissioners of
Ridgely may be at any time convened by the President, or at
the request of two members of that body. The President of
the Commissioners of Ridgely shall be the executive officer
thereof, clothed with all the powers necessary to secure the
enforcement of all ordinances of said town under this Char-
ter. At all meetings of the Commissioners of Ridgely two of
the Commissioners of Ridgely present and voting shall con-
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and two