420 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 142

may be granted further time within which to appear. It is
further provided that the Mayor and Town Council shall act
as judge in all impeachment proceedings brought against the
hereinbefore mentioned elective officer of the Town of Brent-
wood, and that a majority of the Mayor and members of the
Council shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of the im-
peachment proceedings herein provided; provided, that in
order to convict an elective officer of the charges preferred a
unanimous verdict must be entered upon the record of the
hearing. It is further provided that the Mayor shall have the
same vote as any Councilman when acting as one of the judges
of an impeachment proceeding; provided, however, that any
elective officer against whom impeachment proceedings have
been instituted, and notice of which has been given to him,
shall be from the date of such notice suspended from office and
shall not be reinstated unless such impeachment proceedings
are abandoned or he has been acquitted of such charges, and
provided further, however, that unless the proceedings are
heard within 30 days from the date the elective officer is noti-
fied by the Mayor and Town Council, unless for good cause
shown same is extended, and in no event shall same be extended
more than 90 days from the date of said notice, of the charges
preferred against him, the proceedings shall be considered
abandoned and the said elective officer shall thereafter during
the remainder of his term of office be entitled to hold same and
exercise all rights and privileges thereunder; and the decision
of the Mayor and Town Council acting as impeachment judges
shall be final and conclusive on all parties. It is further
provided that at the hearing that the rules of evidence obtain-
ing in the Circuit Courts of Prince George's County shall be
adhered to and followed, and that the Corporation Counsel for
the town of Brentwood shall act as the prosecuting officer.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and having
been passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths
of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of
its passage.

Approved April 11, 1929.