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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAP. 382	corporation of the persons elected. The polls shall be opened at one o'clock in the afternoon and close at seven o'clock in the evening, and the judges and clerks shall receive such compensation as shall be provided by the Mayor and City Council. If any vacancies shall occur in the Council from any cause, the Council shall, without delay, elect some person possessing the necessary qualifications to fill such vacancy until the next election for councilmen. Assessment and Taxes. Section 184 A 7. The Council shall adopt the county
	Assessment and taxes.	assessment of real and personal property in said town, and may annually levy an equal tax on the real and personal property actually within the limits of said town to such an amount as may, from time to time, be deemed necessary for general and special purposes, not to exceed forty cents on a hundred dollars of the taxable property in said town in any one year; and the Council shall make and declare a levy at the rate of the regular meeting in July in each year, or as soon as the county assessments for the year shall be secured, and the items entering into such levy shall be published for the information of the taxpayers of said town, and the levy shall be a lien on any and all property of the persons against whom they are levied; provided, that whenever any prop- erty lies partly within and partly without the limits of the town the Council shall have authority to assess the part within the limits of said town at a proper proportion of the county valuations. Not to Hold Two Offices or be Interested in Contracts. Section 184A8. No member of the Council shall during
	Not to hold two offices or be Interested in contracts.	his term of office hold or be interested in any other office under the corporation, except that one of the Council shall be elected at the first meeting in every term to be a member of the board of health, for which office there shall be no compensation, nor shall any member of the Council be a party, directly or indirectly, to any contract in which the corporation is interested. Quorum. Section 184 A 9. A majority of the members of the Coun-
	Quorum.	cil shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All salaries and compensation of oflScers, agents and servants