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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tion, and shall thereupon be entitled to qualify as one of said
Commissioners.

In case of
death, etc.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in case of death, resignation,
refusal to act or disqualification of any commissioner, the
remaining commissioners, not less than a quorum, shall choose
some person duly qualified and eligible, a commissioner for the
unexpired term.

Officers
appointed.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted. That the said Louis E Payson,
Timothy D. Keleher, Nicholas H. Shea, Lawrence Cavanaugh,
Thomas W. Smith, James C. Courts and James W. Somerville,
hereinbefore appointed commissioners of the said town, shall
meet within thirty days from the passage of this Act, and take
the oath of office prescribed before a justice of the peace for
Anne Arundel county, and organize as a board by the election
of one of their number as president, who shall act as Mayor
and executive officer, and appoint a secretary and treasurer, one
bailiff, and they may from time to time appoint a collector of
taxes and such other officers as may be found necessary, and do
and perform all things required or allowed to be done by the
Commissioners of Arundel on the Bay under the provision of
this Act ; and they are hereby invested with all the powers,
and are required to perform all the duties authorized or required
to be done by commissioners of said town under this Act, and
shall continue in office until the first election under this Act,
and until their successors are elected and qualified.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the president of said board
of commissioners, by virtue of his office as president and Mayor

Certain
powers
granted.

of said town, shall have all the jurisdiction and powers of a
justice of the peace, except as to the recovery of debts, and
may call upon any officer of said town entrusted with the
receipts and expenditures of public money for a statement of
his accounts as often as he may think necessary. He shall see
that the ordinances of the board are duly and faithfully exe-
cuted, and shall report annually to the board of commissioners
at their first annual meeting, the general state of the affairs of
the town, with an accurate account of all monies received and
expended during the preceding year to be made public for the
information of the citizens.

Meetings to
be held.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted. That the commissioners of said
town shall meet regularly at least once a month in the months
of June, July, August and September, and as often during the
remainder of the year as they may deem proper, for the dis-
patch of business.