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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Appoint
Judges of elec-
tion.

meeting prior to the first Monday in May in each
year, after the present year, shall appoint three
persons, citizens of said town, to act as judges
of said election, who, before acting as such,
shall qualify in same manner as judges of elec-
tion for state and county officers in this state
are required to qualify, before a justice of the
peace, and shall open the polls at two o'clock
P. M. on the first Monday in May in each year
after the present, and close the same at six
o'clock P. M.; and the person voted for at the
said election for mayor, being a citizen of the
State of Maryland, who shall receive the largest
number of votes shall be mayor of said town,
and the six citizens receiving the highest
number of votes respectively shall be council-
men for said town for the ensuing year, and
until their successors are duly elected and qual-
ified.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, If at any election for

In case of a
tie vote.

mayor or council it shall appear by the certifi-
cates of the judges of said election, or a majority
of them, that any two persons, voted for as mayor
or councilmen, have received the same number of
votes, if there be one or more councilmen elected,
he or they shall immediately qualify as council-
men, and shall proclaim a new election to fill the
vacancy or vacancies occasioned by the failure
to elect, and shall give at least five days' notice
of said election, which shall be held in the same
manner as the regular elections are held.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in case of death,

To fill va-
cancy.

refusal to act, resignation or disqualification of
any of the council, the remaining council shall
direct an election to be held to fill such vacancy;
and the council shall give at least five days'
notice of all elections by handbill put up at least
in three of the most public places in said town.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the mayor and

Secretary and
treasurer-how
chosen.

council so elected may meet and adjourn from
time to time as they may think proper, and shall
at their first meeting, which shall be within one
month after their election, choose a secretary
and treasurer, not necessarily from their own
number, who shall continue in office during the
term for which said mayor and council are
elected, unless sooner removed by said mayor