458 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and City Council shall fill such vacancy by appointment until
the next succeeding regular election; provided, such election
is not more than one year off, and the person so appointed
shall possess all the qualifications required by this charter for
such office; but should such election be more than one year off,
this said office shall be filled by an election called for that
purpose, according to law, in accordance with the methods
herein prescribed for regular elections. In case of vacancy in
the office of Mayor, from any cause, the Mayor and City Council
may appoint one of their number to act as Mayor pro tempore
until such vacancy is filled, as provided in this section, and
such Mayor pro tempore shall have and exercise all the powers
and duties while he so acts, and his acts shall have the same
force and validity as in the case of a Mayor or Councilman
regularly elected and qualified.

SEC. 106. Each member of the Mayor and City Council and
the City Clerk shall, and they are hereby authorized to admin-
ister oaths in the municipal affairs and government of the city.

SEC. 107. Said Mayor and City Council so constituted shall
have control and supervision over all the departments of the
said city, and to that end shall have power to make and enforce
such rules and regulations as they may see fit and proper for
and concerning the organization, management and operation
of all the departments of said city, and whatever agencies may
be created for the administration of its affairs. The Mayor
and City Council shall, by a majority vote, elect from among
the four Councilmen one who shall be known as "Police and
Fire Commissioner," and who shall have under his special
charge the enforcement of all police regulations of said city,
and general supervision over the Fire Department thereof; one
Commissioner, to be known as the "Commissioner of Streets and
Public Property," who shall have under his special charge the
supervision of streets, sewers, alleys, public grounds and prop-
erty of said city, and be charged with the duty of keeping the
streets, sewers, alleys, public grounds and property in a clean
and sanitary condition and with the enforcement of all rules
and regulations necessary to these ends, and who shall also
have under his special charge the supervision of all public im-
provements, except as herein otherwise provided, and shall see
that all contracts therefor are faithfully complied with, and
that the conditions of the grant of any franchise or privilege
are faithfully complied with and performed; one Commissioner
to be known as the "Water and Electric Light Works Commis-
sioner," who shall have under his special charge the construc-
tion, maintenance and operation of water and electric light and
fire alarm systems and departments of said city, and shall see to
the enforcement of all regulations with respect to said systems