'ART. 24.] WORCESTER COUNTY. 1129

men to succeed those three councilmen who are now members
of the said City Council and whose term will expire on the first
Monday of May, 1908, and on the same day every second year
thereafter elect by ballot three persons as Councilmen to suc-
ceed those whose term of office is about to expire, so as to
keep up at all times the number of said Councilmen to five,
and it shall be the duty of the three newly elected Councilmen
at their first regular meeting to designate by lot two of their
number to remain in office for four years.

33. Any person elected as Mayor shall, before he enters upon
the duties of his office, appear before the clerk of the Circuit
Court for Worcester county and make and subscribe the oath
or affirmation and declaration required by the Constitution of
this State, and having secured from said clerk a certificate of
his said declaration and oath shall return the same to the
secretary of the said City Council to be recorded among the
proceedings of the Mayor and Council. And any person elected
as Councilman shall, before he enters upon the duties of his
office, make and subscribe before the Mayor of said town the
oath or affirmation and declaration prescribed by the Consti-
tution, and having secured from said Mayor a certificate of
his said declaration and oath shall return the same to the
secretary of the City Council to be recorded among the pro-
ceedings of the Mayor and Council, and if any person so
elected Mayor or Councilman shall fail to qualify as above
required within thirty days from the day of his election, the
office to which he was elected shall be declared vacant, and the
vacancy shall be filled in the manner hereafter provided for the
filling of a vacancy in said office.

34. If any vacancy shall happen iu the office of Mayor or
Council by death, removal, resignation, change of residence,
failure to qualify or otherwise, the remaining Councilmen, at
their next regular meeting, shall elect an eligible person as
Mayor or Councilman, as the case may be, to serve until the
next election, who shall qualify as hereinafter prescribed,
which shall be certified to and recorded as in the preceding
sections, and at the next election the qualified voters shall
elect by ballot an eligible person to fill the said vacancy for
the unexpired term.

35. The Mayor shall see that the ordinances are duly and
faithfully executed and observed, and within sixty days after
each election shall report to the Council the general condition
of municipal affairs, accompanying his report with such rec-
ommendation as he may deem proper for the public good and
welfare of the town; he shall have the power of vetoing any