974 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 453

County", sub-title "Westminster", be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as
follows:

524. The government of the city shall be vested in and en-
forced by a Mayor and Common Council of five members who
shall be elected by the inhabitants of the city qualified to
vote for delegates to the General Assembly who have actually
resided within the corporate limits of the City of Westminster
not less than six months preceding a municipal election of
said city, and whose names shall appear upon the books of
registered voters as hereinafter provided. The Mayor shall
be at least twenty-five years of age, and a payer of taxes on
the assessed value of at least one thousand dollars' worth of
property subject to municipal taxation; the members of the
Common Council shall be at least twenty-one years of age
and payers of taxes upon the assessed value of at least five
hundred dollars' worth of property subject to municipal taxa-
tion; and the Mayor shall have resided at least two years and
the members of the Council at least one year within said
City. At the election to be held on the first Monday of May,
1910, the Mayor and the two members of the Council receiv-
ing the highest number of votes shall hold office for the period
of two years; the three other members of the Council holding
for only one year; and if at this election there should be a tie
between more than two candidates with the highest number
of votes, the ones to hold office for two years shall be publicly
determined by lot, after due notice to the parties interested
by the judges of the election. At the election to be held in
May, 1911, there shall be three members of the Council elected
for a period of two years, and at the election in the year
1912, the Mayor, with two members of the Council, shall be
elected for two years, and so alternately from year to year
thereafter; said elections shall be held annually on the first
Monday of May at such place as shall be designated by the
Mayor between the hours of eight o'clock A. M. and six o'clock
in the evening. The Mayor shall give at least two weeks' no-
tice of the election in the newspapers published in West-
minster and by such other means as he may elect, and shall
appoint three judges of election. The said judges shall have
power to appoint a clerk, who shall keep a record of the per-
sons voting and the persons voted for; and the persons having
the highest number of votes for the several offices of Mayor
and Common Council shall be declared duly elected. The
judges and clerks of election shall notify the persons elected
of their election, and the persons so elected shall severally
hold their respective offices from the third Monday of May
next ensuing the election for and during the term of two