304 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 179

"Mayor" and "Councilman"., be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

1020. Each candidate for Mayor of said town shall be a
legal voter of said town at the time of his or her filing for
election, a resident in said town for at least two years next
preceding the date of his or her election, and the owner of
real estate in said town in his or her own name or the
name of himself or herself and spouse to the assessed
value of at least Five Hundred Dollars at the time of his or
her filing for election. The Mayor shall hold office for two
years and until the qualification of his or her successor, and
shall receive a salary of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1, 200. 00)
per annum. In case he or she shall permanently remove his or
her residence from said town, or shall cease to own real estate
in his or her own name or the name of himself or herself and
spouse to the assessed value of at least Five Hundred Dollars,
he or she shall immediately cease to be Mayor, and there shall
exist a vacancy in said office to be filled as hereinafter pro-
vided. The Mayor shall not during his or her term of office
either hold or be pecuniarily interested in any other office
under the Mayor and Common Council of Mount Rainier,
nor shall he or she be a party directly or indirectly in any
contract to which said corporation is a party; the acceptance
of, or the continuance to hold such an office, or the making
or becoming interested in such contract shall immediately
disqualify any Mayor and there shall thereupon exist a
vacancy in the office of Mayor to be filled as hereinafter
provided.

1021. The Councilmen of said town shall possess the same
qualifications as the Mayor, and shall become disqualified in
the same manner as does the Mayor. Each of said candi-
dates for Councilmen in addition to such qualifications shall
reside at the date of his or her filing for election in the ward
which he or she is filing to represent, as hereinafter set
forth, and in case he or she shall remove during his or her
term of office from the ward for which he or she is elected,
his or her term shall at once terminate and there shall exist
a vacancy in the office of Councilman of such ward to be
filled as hereinafter provided. The Councilmen shall hold
office for two years and until the qualifications of their suc-
cessors. The Councilmen shall each receive a salary of Six
Hundred Dollars ($600. 00) per annum.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall not
become effective until it has been submitted to a referendum
of the qualified voters of said town of Mount Rainier. At