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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

43. The Mayor shall give at least two weeks' notice of the
election by handbills posted in not less than five public places

Two weeks'
notice gives

in said town, and shall appoint three persons who are qualified
at such election, judges of election, and the said judges shall
appoint a clerk, who shall record the names of the .persons
voting as they vote ; and each of said judges before holding
any elections, shall swear or affirm before a' justice of the peace
of said Carroll county, that he will fairly and impartially dis-
charge the duty of judge of such election ; and immediately
after the close of the election 'said judges shall, in the presence
of such persons as may desire to witness the same, count the
ballots, and the person having the highest number of votes for
the several offices of Mayor and members of the Council, shall
be declared duly elected, and said judges shall then and there
make and sign a certificate of the result of said election, show-
ing the number of votes cast for each person voted for, and
shall deliver said certificate to the clerk of said town,who shall
notify to the persons elected, their election, and the persons
so elected shall severally hold their respective offices from the
third Monday of May next ensuing their election, for and
during the term of two years, and until their successors shall
be duly elected and qualified.

45. If at any election there shall be a tie between any two

New election
to be held.

persons voted lor for the same offices, a new election shall be
held in two weeks after such fact shall have become known
'after at least one week's notice given by the Mayor, one or
more of the council or five or more of the voters, as directed
in the preceding section, and such election shall be held by
three, judges or any two of them, appointed by the Mayor or
one or more of the council, or five or more of the voters, as
the case may be ; and the person elected shall serve until a
new election ; and if any person elected as a member of the
council shall die, resign, remove from the town, be disqualified
or refuse to act, the vacancy caused in the council by reason of
any of the causes mentioned in this section, a majority of the
qualified members of the council shall elect members of the
council to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the term, and
until a successor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the
said town, and shall have qualified ; and if a vacancy shall
occur in the office of the Mayor by any of the causes of vacancy
mentioned in this section, the chairman of the council shall act
as Mayor for the unexpired term.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 9, 1898.