364 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 137

voter in Cheverly, and assessed upon the assessment books
of the town for improved real estate in the town and shall
have been an actual dweller within the limits of the town
for not less than two years next preceding the date of his
election.

192. The councilmen of the town shall possess the same
qualifications as the mayor, and EACH COUNCILMAN
shall be a resident at the date of his election, in the ward
in which he is elected to represent.

193. The mayor and each of the councilmen shall be
elected for a period of two years, and shall qualify before
the next regular council meeting succeeding his election
by taking an oath before any officer of the State of Mary-
land duly authorized to take an affidavit to the effect that
he will obey the Constitution of the United States 'and the
Constitution and the Laws of the State of Maryland, and
will fairly and impartially administer the duties of his
respective office, and such oath shall be filed among the
records of the town. In case the mayor shall permanently
change his place of abode from the town, he shall cease
to be mayor, and there shall exist a vacancy in said office
to be filled as hereinafter provided: and in case a council-
man shall permanently change his place of abode from the
ward he represents he shall cease to be a councilman, and
there shall exist a vacancy in said office to be filled as here-
inafter provided. The absence of the mayor or of any coun-
cilman from (3) three consecutive regular meetings of
the mayor and town council, without prior permission, or
good and sufficient reason, shall constitute a vacancy, and
in case of such a vacancy, or vacancy by reason of death,
refusal to act, disqualification, resignation or removal be-
yond the corporate limits, the mayor and council, or a
majority of them for the time being, shall elect a mayor,
councilman or councilmen, as the case may be, to fill such
vacancy or vacancies until his successor or successors shall
have been elected for the unexpired term or terms at the
next regular town election, and shall have qualified. The
vacancy so caused as regards ward councilmen shall be
filled from the ward in which the vacancy occurs. The
mayor shall receive a remuneration from the town of
($200. ) Two Hundred Dollars per annum; and each coun-
cilman a remuneration of ($150. ) One Hundred and Fifty
Dollars per annum; both payable in (2) two equal semi-
annual payments, beginning at the end of (6) six months
from the date of qualification for the respective office.

194. The mayor shall act as chairman of the council
during his term of office, and shall have all the privileges