490 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 213

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That if it shall happen that any
of the persons voted for and duly elected, shall from any cause
fail to qualify, then and in that case, the person receiving the
next highest number of votes shall be deemed to have been
elected, and shall be so informed by the judges of election, and
shall thereupon be entitled to qualify as one of said Commis-
sioners.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in case of death, resigna-
tion, refusal to act or disqualification of any commissioner, the
remaining commissioners, not less than a quorum, shall choose
some person duly qualified and eligible a commissioner for the
unexpired term.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said Dr. Milton A.
Francis, Osborn T. Taylor, Edwin B. Henderson, Haley G.
Douglass and Eula Rose Gray, hereinbefore appointed com-
missioners of the said town, shall meet within thirty days from
the passage of this Act, and take the oath of office prescribed
before a justice of the peace for Anne Arundel County, and
organize as a board by the election of one of their number as
president, who shall act as Mayor and executive officer, and
appoint a secretary and treasurer, one bailiff, and they may
from time to time appoint a collector of taxes and such other
officers as may be found necessary, and do and perform all
things required or allowed to be done by the Commissioners of
Highland Beach under the provision of this Art; and they are
hereby invested with all the powers, and are required to per-
form all the duties authorized or required to be done by com-
missioners of said town under this Act, and shall continue in
office until the first election under this Act, and until their suc-
cessors are elected and qualified,

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the president of said board
of commissioners, by virtue of his office as president and Mayor
of said town, shall have all the jurisdiction and powers of a
justice of the peace, except as to the recovery of debts, and
may call upon any officer of said town entrusted with the re-
ceipts and expenditures of public money for a statement of his
accounts as often as he may think necessary. He shall see that
the ordinances of the board are duly and faithfully executed,
and shall report annually to the Board of Commissioners at
their first annual meeting, the general state of affairs of the
town, with an accurate account of all monies received and ex-
pended during the preceding year to be made public for the
information of the citizens.