ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR, 317

one years who are qualified to vote under the laws of the State
of Maryland and who have resided within the limits of said

town for a period of one year 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 Edmonston and at all elec-
tions provided for under this Charter. The Mayor and Treas-
urer must continually reside in said town, and each Council-
man in his respective 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 ii 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 meet not
less than once in every month. The majority shall form a
quorum for the transaction of business; and upon each action
taken the yea and nay vote of each Councilman and the 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. Any
Councilman absent from three consecutive meetings, without
excuse, 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 meet-
ings 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, after notice printed in some
county newspaper, the Mayor and Town Council shall appoint
two judges, who shall appoint a clerk, to conduct an election
by ballot on the first Monday of July, if not a legal holiday,
and if a legal holiday, then on the day following, for the elec-
tion of officers provided for in Section 5 of this Act. The
polls shall be opened between the hours of one and seven P. M.,
the two judges and clerk above provided for shall constitute
the Board of Election Supervisors for said town, and shall
determine the qualifications and right of each voter to par-
ticipate in the town election by asking each applicant who
presents himself to vote at the election which they have been
appointed to conduct under oath these questions: First, have