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off the list of qualified voters of the town; but any voter dis-
qualified by him shall have the right of appeal as now allowed
by law from the action of any register of voters of this State;
and on the close of the said sitting the said register shall sign
his name in said book under each letter immediately under
the last name registered at said sitting, and on the following
day he shall return the said register book to the president of
the Board of Commissioners.

SEC. 112. In case of the death, refusal to act, disqualifica-
tion, resignation or removal of the Burgess or any of the Com-
missioners out of the limits of the corporation, the Commis-
sioners, or a majority of them, for the time being, shall elect a
Burgess or Commissioner to fill the vacancy for the remainder
of the term, and until a successor shall be elected and qualified,
and during the temporary absence from town of the Burgess,
or his illness, and until the Burgess is again able to act, the
president of the Board of Commissioners shall be the acting
Burgess, with all rights, powers and duties of said Burgess,
except the powers of appointment and removal.

SEC. 113. The Burgess and Commissioners elected shall
within ten days after notice of their election qualify by taking
and subscribing the oath prescribed by the Constitution before
a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for
Frederick county, who shall certify to the same and return a
certificate thereof to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Fred-'
erick County, to be recorded in the test book kept in his office,
and shall each receive such compensation as said officers as
shall be fixed by ordinance, but neither the Burgess or any
Commissioner shall have his compensation or salary increased
or diminished during his term of office.

SEC. 115. The clerk shall enter all ordinances passed by the
Commissioners in a book to be kept for that purpose, which
shall be properly and conveniently indexed and shall be open
at all times to the inspection of any citizen or taxpayer for any
proper purpose; and when the Burgess shall fail to act on any
order, resolution or ordinance within ten days after the date
of its passage, he shall indorse the fact thereof upon each
order, resolution or ordinance on which he shall thus fail to
act.

SEC. 116. The Commissioners shall meet on the business of
the town in public session on the second Tuesday of each
month at such place as shall be fixed by ordinance from 8 P. M.
to 9 P. M., and at such other times as they may deem necessary,
and may compel the attendance of absent members in such
manner and under such penalties as they may by ordinance
provide.