526 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 299

legalized by the General Assembly of Maryland of 1914 and
amended by virtue of Chapter 212 of the Acts of 1918, title
"Worcester County," sub-title "Ocean City," be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to
read as follows:

161. The male citizens of Ocean City above the age of
twenty-one years being citizens of the United States who have
resided within the corporate limits of said town six months
next preceding the election, and all male persons above the
age of twenty-one years being citizens of the United States,
who own any real estate in the corporate limits of said city,
shall on the first Monday in August, 1920, and every second
year thereafter elect by ballot one person to be Mayor of said
city and three persons to be City Councilmen of said city, all
of whom must be owners of real estate therein and at least
two of said Council must be bona fide residents of said city,
to serve two years from the second Monday in September next
after their election and until their successors are elected and
qualified. If any person so elected as Mayor or City Council-
man shall refuse to serve or if his place shall become vacant
by death, resignation, disqualification or otherwise, the re-
maining Councilmen or Councilman, if there is only one, shall
fill the vacancy as early as possible from among the qualified
voters of said town eligible to serve as Mayor or Councilman
and the person so appointed shall hold his office until the next
election; and in case of a tie between any persons voted for
at any election under this section of this Act, the clerk of
election shall immediately certify to the Councilmen or Coun-
cilman elected the fact of there being a tie and the said
Councilmen or Councilman shall at the first board meeting
thereafter designate one of the said persons who received a tie
vote to be Mayor or Councilman, as the case may be; and the
Mayor or Councilman, as the case may be, shall hold his office
as fully as if he had received the highest number of votes.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take
effect from the first day of June, 1920.

Approved April 23, 1920.