HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 209

and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

505. The said Mayor and Councilmen elected hereunder
shall meet on or before the third Monday in May next succeed-
ing their election, when they shall qualify by taking the oath
required by the provisions of Section 512 of this Article and
they shall proceed to organize by electing one of their number
president of the Council; they shall meet as often thereafter
as necessary for a proper discharge of their official duties;
in case of a vacancy in either of these offices by reason
of death, refusal to act, disqualification, resignation or re-
moval beyond the corporate limits, the Mayor and Council,
or a majority of them for the time being, shall elect a Mayor
or Councilman from the citizens of. the town to fill said va-
cancy until his successor shall have been elected at the next
regular town election, and shall have qualified. The vacancy
so caused as regards councilmen shall be filled from the ward
in which the vacancy occurred. The Mayor shall preside at
all meetings of the Council and shall have all the privileges
of a councilman in debate and vote; the President of the
Council elected as provided by this section shall, in the ab-
sence or inability of the Mayor, preside at the sessions. The
Mayor and Common Council shall hold a regular monthly
meeting on the second Monday of each month, at eight o'clock
P. M., unless said day be a legal holiday or a quorum should
not be present and in such an event the regular meeting shall
be held on the next secular business day when a. quorum can
be obtained or at such time as the Mayor may designate not
more than one week from the date that said meeting should
have been held. The regular monthly meeting shall be open
for the transaction of any and all general business that may
come before the Mayor and Common Council for action, sub-
ject to such rules and regulations for the transaction of busi-
ness thereat as the Mayor and Common Council may deter-
mine. In addition special meetings of the Mayor and Common
Council may at any time be convened by the Mayor, or at the
request of three members of that body. Special meetings
shall be confined to the business set out in the call for such
special meeting unless there be unanimous consent of all
Councilmen to the consideration of other matters at such
special meeting. The Mayor of the Town of Hyattsville shall
be the executive officer thereof, clothed with all the power
necessary to secure the enforcement of all ordinances of said
town under this charter. At all meetings of the Mayor and
Common Council, the Ma}ror and three councilmen, or in the
absence of the Mayor, four councilmen, present and voting,
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and
four affirmative votes shall be necessary for the passage of an