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Session Laws, 1949
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232 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 142

corporation, either directly or indirectly through the medium
or agency of other persons, enter into any contract or con-
tracts with the corporation.

SEC. 6. The Treasurer to be elected as above provided
shall make all collections of taxes and receive all money paid
for the use and benefit of said corporation; he shall keep an
account of the receipts and disbursements of the funds of
the corporation, in a well bound book, to be provided by the
said Mayor and Town Council for that purpose, and shall
render the account to the Mayor and Town Council when re-
quired by them, for all moneys received by him, and shall
promptly disburse on the order of the Mayor and Town Coun-
cil under such regulations as they may prescribe, all sums
of moneys so received by him. He shall receive for his serv-
ices such compensation as may be determined by the Mayor
and Town Council from time to time.

SEC. 7. The said Mayor and Councilmen elected hereunder
shall meet on or before the third Wednesday in May next
succeeding their election, when they shall qualify by taking
the oath required by the provisions of this Act and they shall
proceed to organize by electing one of their number other
than the Mayor, 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, resigna-
tion or removal beyond the corporate limits, the Mayor and
Town 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 vacancy 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 Presi-
dent of the Council elected as provided by this section shall,
in the absence or inability of the Mayor, preside at the ses-
sions. The Mayor and Town Council shall hold a regular
monthly meeting on the third Wednesday 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 regu-
lar 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 public, and open for the transaction of any
and all general business that may come before the Mayor and
Town Council for action, subject to such rules and regula-

 

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