294 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 132

deposit it in the ballot box. Any voter who shall mar a
ballot so that he cannot vote it may return said ballot to
the Judge and receive another in its stead, and he shall
in the same way be entitled to a third ballot, but no more.
Said marred ballots shall be immediately cancelled by the
Judges by endorsing thereon the word "Cancelled, " and
deposited in a separate box to be furnished for this
purpose.

SEC. 11. That in the event the Mayor, Treasurer, or
any Councilman, or any or all of them dies, resigns, or is
removed from office, his successor shall be appointed or
elected as follows: The Council shall elect one of its mem-
bers as Mayor to serve for the unexpired term or until his
successor is elected and qualified. The Mayor shall appoint
any qualified person as Councilman to serve the unexpired
term of a Councilman who has died, resigned, or been re-
moved from office or elected to fill the unexpired term of
Mayor. The Mayor shall appoint, subject to the approval
of the majority of the Council a qualified person to serve
as Treasurer to fill the unexpired term of office of any
Treasurer who has died, resigned, or been removed from
office.

SEC. 12. That in the event any elective officer shall have
been convicted of any felony, involving moral turpitude, by
a court of competent jurisdiction, or is guilty of mal-
feasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office, may be im-
peached and removed from office; provided, however, that
before any impeachment proceedings may be brought
against any elective officer, a petition shall be filed with the
Mayor and Common Council containing at least twenty-five
names of qualified voters, or by the majority of Mayor and
Common Council, which petition shall set forth the offense
or offenses for which the said elective officer shall be tried
and that the facts set forth in said petition shall be under
oath and signed by the informant or by the majority of
the Mayor and Common Council, that upon receipt by the
Mayor and Common Council of such petition, it shall be
the duty of the said Mayor and Common Council to notify
the elective officer named in the said petition of the charges
made against him, by furnishing said elective officer with
a copy of the said petition duly certified by the Clerk as
being true and correct, and naming a day and hour and
place certain for a hearing as hereinafter provided for said
elective officer to appear and stand trial before the Mayor