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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 795

meetings not held in due time may be held as soon there-
after as practicable. A majority of the Council shall consti-
tute a quorum for the transaction of business.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the Council shall annually,

Judges of
election
appointed.

on or before the first Monday in April appoint three judges
of election, who shall appoint a clerk, and said judges shall
conduct an election by ballot, in accordance with the pro-
visions of Section 3 of this Act, the polls to be opened at
five o'clock P. M. and closed at nine o'clock P. M., or at such
other hours as the people at any election may determine
upon for the future. The Mayor and other members of the
Council shall be liable to presentment and indictment in the
Circuit Court of Montgomery county for wilful failure to do
any act or to perform any duty required by this Act or by
the ordinances or by-laws that shall be passed relating to the
holding of town elections, and, upon conviction, shall be liable
to fine or imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the
court. The judges and clerk shall make their returns to the
Council, and also, in the case of election of Mayor, to the
clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery county, but said
judge and clerk shall receive no compensation for their
services. Not more than two of said judges of election shall
be of the same political party. In case of a tie vote for any
official or officials at any election the Council shall order a
new election, upon giving ten days' notice thereof, by posting
a copy of said notice in not less than three conspicuous
places in said town and by publication of the same in the
official journal of the town or in some newspaper published
in Montgomery county.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the Mayor, by and with
the consent of the Council, shall appoint one person to be

Appointment
of town
marshal,
health
officer, clerk
and treas-
urer, and
duties of
each.

town marshal, one to be health officer and one to be clerk
and treasurer, to hold office for one year, or until their
successors are appointed and qualified; and the Council
shall fix the compensation of each of said officers and of all
subordinates under them, and shall prescribe their duties
except as herein otherwise provided. The marshal shall
have power to appoint, with the approval of the Mayor, or
in case of emergency, but not to exceed for any one appoint-
ment the period of forty-eight hours, such deputy marshal
or marshals as the Council shall by law allow. The marshal
shall be held responsible under the Mayor for the enforce