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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That if the qualified

voters of said town shall at any time neglect to hold

an election for any officer or officers to be elected

Powers not

under this act, the powers of such voters under this

forfeited.

act shall not be forfeited, but the officers previously

elected shall be continued until their successors shall

be elected and qualified.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the burgess and

commissioners shall hold the office to which they

have each respectively been elected for one year

from the third Monday in May next ensuing his

election, and until his or their successors shall be

Term of office.

elected and qualified; and a failure to qualify for

two weeks after the election of the burgess or any

commissioner shall create a vacancy in such respec-

tive office.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That four of the com-

missioners shall constitute a quorum for the trans-

Quorum.

action of business; and in case of vacancy in the

office of commissioners by death, removal out of the

corporate town, resignation, refusal to qualify or

other disqualifications, a majority of the qualified

commissioners shall elect commissioners to fill such

vacancy or vacancies for the remainder of the term

and until a successor or successors shall be elected

by the qualified voters of said town, and shall have

Vacancy —
how filled.

qualified; and if a vacancy shall occur in the office

of burgess by any of the causes of vacancy men-

tioned in this section, the chairman of the com-

missioners shall act as burgess for the unexpircd

term.

SEO. 10. And be it enacted, That the burgess,

commissioners and all other officers designated by

the ordinances of said corporation or this act, before

Oath or

entering upon the duties of their offices, shall take

affirmation.

and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: I

do swear or affirm as the case may be that I will

faithfully execute the office of ...... to the best of

my judgment and ability, without favor or affection.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the burgess

and commissioners, or a majority of them, shall ap-

point a clerk to said corporate town from among

Appoint clerk.

the qualified voters thereof, who shall keep, accur-

ately, minutes of the proceedings of said burgess

and commissioners, and shall enter all laws and

ordinances passed by them in a well bound book,