1118 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 649

The cost of said election shall be paid by the County Com-
missioners of Allegany County, but shall be refunded to said
county by the City of Cumberland.

The Mayor and each of said Councilmen shall qualify as
required by this Charter and the Constitution of the State
within twenty days after the official announcement of his
election or appointment, as the case may be, and in case of
failure to so do, his office shall become vacant.

12. The Mayor shall not be less than thirty years of age,
and each of the said four Councilmen shall not be less than
twenty-five years of age at the time of their election; they
shall each of them be citizens of the United States and for
five years immediately preceding their election residents of
the City of Cumberland. The said Mayor and City Council-
men shall hold office for a period of four years from the first
Monday in April next succeeding their election and until their
successors shall have been duly elected and qualified.

13. The Mayor shall be President of the City Council. The
said Mayor and Councilmen shall take an oath before the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Allegany County to faithfully
perform the duties of their offices and each Councilman shall
receive as compensation for his services the sum of Fifteen
Hundred Dollars ($1500. 00) per annum, payable in equal
monthly installments; the Mayor shall receive a salary of Two
Thousand Dollars ($2000. 00) per annum payable in equal
monthly installments, and the said Mayor and each Commis-
sioner shall devote at least four hours a day, except on Sun-
days and legal holidays, to the duties of their office and to the
affairs of said city.

16. Resignation by the Mayor or any Councilman elected
under this Article shall be made in writing to the Mayor
and City Council for their action thereupon. In case of the
removal of the Mayor or any Councilman from the territorial
limits of said city, such removal shall ipso facto be deemed
to create a vacancy in his office. In case of any vacancy from
any cause in the office of Mayor, or any Councilman, the Mayor
and City Council shall fill such vacancy by appointment until
the next succeeding regular election. In case of vacancy
in the office of Mayor, from any cause, the Mayor and City
Council may appoint one of their number to act as Mayor
pro tempore until such vacancy is filled as provided in this
section, and such Mayor pro tempore shall have and exercise
all the powers and duties while he so acts, and his acts shall
have the same force and validity as in the case of a Mayor
or Councilman regularly elected and qualified.