802 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

5. The Burgess shall qualify by taking and subscribing the
oath of office before the clerk of the Circuit Court for Freder-
ick county, or before one of his sworn deputies, and before
proceeding to act shall give bond to the Burgess and Council
of Myersville, with securities to be approved by the Council-
men, in the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for the faithful
discharge of his duties; and the Councilmen and all other
officers of said corporation, before entering upon the discharge
of their respective duties, shall severally take and subscribe
before the Burgess an oath that they will faithfully discharge
the duties of their respective offices without partiality. If
the persons elected Burgess and Councilmen, respectively, or
any of them, shall fail to take the oath as prescribed in this
section within ten days after notice of their election shall have
been communicated to them in writing by the person who,
under the ordinances of the town, may be appointed to hold
such election, the said person or persons so appointed, within
five days thereafter, shall order an election to fill the vacancy
or vacancies caused by such failure to qualify.

6. The Burgess and Councilmen may meet as often as the
business of the corporation may require, at which meeting
the Burgess shall preside; and if, during the year for which
they have been elected, any of the Councilmen, or if the Bur-
gess, shall die, resign or remove from said town, an election
shall be called by the Burgess, or in the event of his death or
resignation, by the Councilmen, to fill the vacancy, at which
election all persons qualified under section 3 of this Act shall
be entitled to vote; said person or persons to hold office until
the next general election. In the event of the death, resigna-
tion, removal or disqualification of the Burgess, the Council-
men shall select one of their own number to serve as Burgess
until th'e vacancy is filled as herein provided; the Councilmen
at their first meeting after their election and qualification
shall select one of their own number as Burgess pro tempore
to act as Burgess in case of the temporary absence or indispo-
sition of the Burgess, and who shall, while so acting, have and
exercise all the powers of the Burgess conferred by this arti-
cle. The Burgess shall call meetings of the Burgess and Coun-
cilmen whenever the business of the corporation may require,
and he shall also call a meeting upon the application to him
of any two of the Councilmen.

7. The Burgess and Councilmen shall elect from their own
number a secretary, who shall keep a record of the proceedings
of the Burgess and Councilmen, and shall perform such other
duties as may be assigned to him by the Burgess and Council-