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LAWS OP MARYLAND.

CHAP. 598.

Section four of said Act, and to add additional Section
thereto, to follow Section 12, and to be known as Section
12 A, and to add additional Sections to be known as Section
27 A and Section 28 B, and to follow Section 27.

Repeal
and re-enact.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That sections three, twelve, twenty-one, twenty-

New sections
added.

i two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five and twenty-eight
of Chapter 450 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land of 1896, titled "an Act to incorporate the town of Loch
Lynn Heights, in Garrett county, Maryland," be and the same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, and to
add additional section to follow section 12, and to be known
as section 12 A, and to add additional sections to be known as
section 27 A and section 27 B and to follow section 27, and
the said sections hereby repealed and amended and the said
sections hereby added, to read as follows :

Who are
entitled to
vote.

Section 3. That all male persons of the age of twenty-one
years and upwards, and who have resided within the corporate
limits for six months next preceding any election of officers
for this corporation, and who are qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly, shall be entitled to vote
at such election. The elective officers of said town shall
be a Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer, Tax Collector, Chief Bailiff,
all of whose term of office shall be one year, and six Coun-
cil men, whose term of office shall be three years, and two of
which shall be elected annually. No person shall be eligible
to the office of Mayor or Councilman unless he is a male
citizen of said town and has title to real estate within the cor-
porate limits thereof. In case any person having been elected
Mayor or Councilman shall cease to be a resident or freeholder
in said corporation, he shall immediately cease to hold or exer-
cise said office, and it is hereby declared vacant, and shall be
filled as hereinafter provided. The Mayor and Councilmen
shall receive no pay for their services, except the Mayor, who
shall be entitled to the fees hereinafter allowed.

Bond
to be given.

Section 12. That the clerk, tax collector, chief bailiff and
treasurer shall each give a bond to the Council, with such
penalties and sureties as the Council may require, conditioned
for the faithful discharge of the duties of their respective
offices.

To be tried
for
malfeasance
in office.

Section 12 A. That when any of the elective officers shall
wilfully neglect or fail to perform the duties of the office to
which they have been elected, they may be tried by the
Council for malfeasance in office, and may be removed from
said office by the Council, and they are hereby empowered to
appoint a successor for the unexpired term.