EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1071

year. At the first meeting the Mayor and Council shall desig-
nate the time to be served by each Councilman. At each suc-
cessive annual election the qualified voters of each ward in
which there is a vacancy shall elect a councilman to serve for
two years. All male citizens of the age of twenty-one years
who are qualified to vote under the laws of the State of Mary-
land and who have resided within the limits of said town for
a period of six months previous to the election at which they
present themselves to vote shall be qualified to vote for the
election of officers for the town of Brentwood and at all elec-
tions provided for under this Charter. The Mayor must con-
tinually reside in said town, and each Councilman in his re-
spective ward during their term of office, and they shall receive
no compensation for their services, except that the Mayor shall
receive the fees hereinafter allowed.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Town Council shall meet in some convenient place in said
town, on or before the first Monday in August of each year,
and as often thereafter as may be necessary in the discharge
of their duties, provided, however, that they shall not meet
less than once in every month. The majority shall form a
quorum for the transaction of business; and each action taken
the yea and nay vote of each Councilman and Mayor shall be
recorded opposite his name. The Mayor and Council shall
pass rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this
Act for their own Government while in session. The Coun-
cilman's absence from three consecutive meetings, without ex-
cuse, shall constitute a vacancy. All vacancies occurring shall
be filled by the Mayor and Town Council. The Mayor shall
preside at the meeting of the Council and shall call meetings
from time to time as he may deem necessary, but in case of
his absence from any meeting, the Councilmen present shall
elect one of their members to preside who shall for the time
being have all the authority of the Mayor.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That annually on or
before the first Monday in June, the Mayor and Town Coun-
cil shall appoint two Judges, who shall appoint a Clerk to
conduct an election by a ballot on the first Monday of July, if
not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the day
following, for the election of officers provided for in Section 5
of this Act; the polls shall be opened between the hours of
one and six P. M., the two Judges and Clerk above provided
for shall constitute the Board of Election Supervisors for said