306 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 144

titled to have their names placed upon the official ballots, and
the three receiving the highest number of votes at the general
town election shall be the Councilmen. At said meeting to be
called as aforesaid the Mayor shall appoint a clerk and two
judges, and they shall prepare slips containing the names of
the various, nominees and the office for which they are a can-
didate, with a block at the end of each name for the X mark
of the voter, which slips shall be circulated among the persons
present at the said meeting and entitled to vote at the said
regular city election, and shall thereupon be marked with an
X in back of the name of the person whom they desire for the
respective office, and said slips shall then be deposited in a
ballot box to be furnished by the Mayor and Council, and
shall thereupon be counted by the judges of said election, and
the person receiving the highest number of votes cast at said
meeting shall be entitled to have their name placed upon the
official ballot for the next town election as hereinbefore set
forth.

MAYOR.

184A4. No person shall be eligible to the office of Mayor
unless he has attained the age of twenty-five years, and shall
have resided in the town limits of Midland, as prescribed in the
plat and survey thereof on record in the clerk's office of Alle-
gany County, for three years next preceding his election, and
shall also be assessed on the tax books of the town of Midland
with an amount not less than two hundred dollars in real prop-
erty. The Mayor elected at any regular election shall hold
office for one year from the first Monday in June next after his
election and until his successor is elected and qualified. Should
the Mayor or any of the Council, or any other officer of said
town be continuously absent from said town for a period of
sixty days or absent from three consecutive meetings which he
is required to attend under the charter and ordinances of Mid-
land then the office held by such official shall upon motion duly
made and seconded be declared vacant and a notice of this
action shall thereupon be sent by the Clerk by registered mail
to such official and the Council and Mayor or acting Mayor
shall thereupon make such appointments as the majority of
them shall decide to fill such vacancy until the next general
town election.

Should the Mayor be absent for a shorter period than sixty
days, then and in such case the Clerk shall act as Mayor during
the absence of that official.