HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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serve until the second Monday of May, eigh-
teen hundred and eighty-eight, and until their
successors shall be elected and qualified; and
a failure to qualify within fifteen days after
their election, shall be deemed a refusal on
the part of the party or person so failing to
accept the office to which he has been elected.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That if any person
so elected either as Mayor or Common Coun-
cilman, shall refuse to serve as such, or his

Qualify.

place shall become vacant by death, resigna-
tion, disqualification or otherwise, the Com-
mon Councilmen, or a majority of them, in
the event of any vacancy of the Mayoralty as
above provided, shall fill such vacancy as
early as possible from among the qualified
voters of said town; and the person so ap-
pointed to fill said vacancy shall hold the
office until the next election; and in the event

Vacancy.

of a vacancy or vacancies among the Common
Councilmen, they shall at once proceed to fill
said vacancy from among the qualified voters
of the town, and the person or persons so ap-
pointed shall hold said office until the next
election.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That all future

Fill vacancy.

elections shall be held and conducted as shall
be from time to time directed by the laws of
the corporation, the same not being inconsis-
tent with the provisions of this act.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the Mayor
and each Common Councilman, before he acts
as such, shall make oath before a Justice of

All future

elections.

the Peace in and for Garrett county, that he
will perform the duties of Mayor or Common
Councilman, as the case may be, of said town,
without favor, partiality or prejudice, and a
certificate of such qualification shall be made
by said Justice of the Peace, and shall be filed
and recorded among the records of proceed-
ings of said corporation.
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Oaths.