1350 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 714

in March in the year 1921, and biennially thereafter at the
usual place of holding elections in said town, or such place
as shall be designated by the Mayor and Commissioners of
Westernport, to elect one person, who shall have resided within
the limits thereof at least two years next preceding said elec-
tion, be a qualified voter therein, and assessed upon the books
of the town with property therein to the value of at least five
hundred dollars, as Mayor of the Town of Westernport, and
the said Mayor shall serve for two years and until his suc-
cessor is elected and qualified and shall preside at all meetings
of the Mayor and Commissioners of Westernport, and shall
execute all ordinances passed by them and shall be entitled to
vote upon all matters pending before them, and in the absence
of the Mayor at any meeting of the Mayor and Commissioners,
the Commissioners may appoint a President, who shall have all
the powers of the Mayor, except to sign ordinances; and the
qualified voters are at the same time and place authorized and
directed to elect two Commissioners for said town who shall
have resided within the limits of the same eighteen months
next preceding the election, be duly qualified voters at said
municipal election and each assessed upon the books of the
town with property therein to the value of at least two hun-
dred and fifty dollars, who shall serve for a term of two years
and until their successors are elected and qualified ; and the
said qualified voters are authorized and directed on the last
Monday in March in the year 1922 and biennially thereafter
at the usual place of holding elections in said town or such
place as shall be designated by the Mayor and Commissioners,
to elect two Commissioners with the qualifications hereinbefore
set forth for Commissioners, who shall serve for two years and
until their successors are elected and qualified and shall at the
same time and place elect one person to serve as Clerk of said
town, to serve for two years and until his successor is elected
and qualified and who shall have all the qualifications of a
Commissioner therein. So that each year the duly qualified
voters of the Town of Westernport shall elect alternately one
Mayor and two Commissioners and one Clerk and two Com-
missioners, each of whom shall hold office for two years. And
annually the said Mayor and Commissioners at their first meet-
ing, which shall be on the first Monday in April, after their
election or as soon as possible thereafter, elect one person to
serve as Bailiff of said town until the following Monday in