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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 115 The mayor, by virtue of his office, shall

preside at all meetings of the council, and in case of

Mayor to

a tie, except in the passage of ordinances, shall have

preside.

the deciding vote. He shall see that the ordinances

of the town are faithfully executed, and shall report

to the council at; its first meeting after each annual

election, the condition of municipal affairs. He shall

have the power of vetoing any ordinance, as herein-

after provided in section one hundred and thirty ;

and for his services shall receive an annual salary

of one hundred dollars, and no other fee or compen-

sation whatever.

SEC. 116. There shall be elected one councilman

for each of said wards, as follows : On the fourth

Monday of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,

one councilman for ward number two and one for

ward number four, who shall continue in office until

the fourth Monday in March, eighteen hundred and

Councilmen —
how elected.

eighty-six, or until their successors are elected and

qualified, when there shall be an election for council-

men in said wards; and from that time upon the

same day in every alternate year thereafter, there

shall be an election for councilmen for said wards.

The councilmen elected on the fourth Monday of

March, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, for wards

numbers one, three and five, shall continue in office

until the fourth Monday of March, eighteen hundred

and eighty-five, or until their successors are elected

and qualified, when there shall be an election for

councilmen in said wards, one, three and five; and

from that time upon the same day in every alternate

year thereafter, there shall be an election for council-

men in said wards, one, three and five. And the

Qualification
of voters.

qualifications of the voters for councilmen shall be

the same as for mayor, as provided in section one hun-

dred and thirteen, provided the voters shall have re-

sided for six months next preceding the election in

the ward in which he offers to vote; and in case of re-

moval or until such residence is acquired, the voter

must vote in the ward from which he has removed

and in which he is a qualified elector. The said

councilmen shall be twenty-five years of age, citizens

of the United States, residents of Hagerstown for

five years next preceding the election, and residents of

the respective wards for which they are chosen for

six months next preceding their election, and shall