EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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faithfully perform the duties of their office and that they will
permit every qualified voter to vote, and none other... The
qualifications for voters for Mayor and Councilmen shall be
as follows: That they shall be male citizens of the United
States of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, taxpayers
or husbands of same, of the county or of said town, and
bona fide residents of said town for not less than six months
next preceding the election at which they shall vote.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the Mayor shall be a voter
of said town as above prescribed, and a citizen of the State

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of Maryland, a bona fide property owner, or the husband of
such, within the corporate limits, not less than twenty-five
years of age, and must have resided within said limits for a
period of not less than three years next preceding the
election in which he is a candidate for such office. He
shall preside at all meetings of the Council and shall call
such special meetings of the same from time to time as he
may deem necessary, but in the event of the absence of the
Mayor from any meeting, the members of the Council present
shall elect one of their own number to preside during his
absence, who shall, for the time being, be clothed with all
the powers and authorities of said Mayor. The Council
shall pass rules and by-laws for their own government while
in session. All vacancies in the office of Mayor or Council-
man caused by death, absence from session of the Council
for more than three consecutive months without satisfactory
excuse, or otherwise, shall be filled by vote of the Council
until the next annual town election.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the qualifications for

Qualification
of mayor,
etc.

member of the Council shall be as follows: That he be a
voter of said town as above prescribed and a citizen of the
State of Maryland, a bona fide property owner, or the hus-
band of such, within the corporate limits, and must have
resided within said limits for a period of not less than one
year next preceeding the election in which he is a candidate
for such office. The Council shall meet in some convenient
place in said town on or before the first Monday in June
next succeeding their election, and as often thereafter as the
duties of their office may require, but meeting not less than
once every month. Failure of the Council to meet as herein
prescribed shall not work a forfeiture of this charter, and

Qualification
of members
of the
council.