302 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 150

OF THE PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS OF
THE TOWN OF NORTH EAST SHALL BE FILLED
BY APPOINTMENT.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 291 of Article 8 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Cecil County",
sub-title "North East", said section having been amended
by Chapter 9 of the Acts of 1939, be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

291. [If at the election to be held on the third Monday
of March, 1939, it shall appear that less than two of said
officers have been elected, then the board as now consti-
tuted and functioning, or any three of them, shall proclaim
a new election, giving at least five days' public notice
thereof, posted as aforesaid; in case of the failure to elect
four Commissioners on the third Monday of March, 1939,
the division into classes prescribed in Section 288 as afore-
said, shall not take place until after the vacancies are
filled; and, ] Should a vacancy arise in any of said offices
because of the death, resignation, refusal to qualify, re-
moval or otherwise of the persons elected to fill them, the
said board shall proclaim a new election to fill the same,
giving at least five days' notice thereof. REMAINING
MEMBERS AMONG THE PRESIDENT AND COMMIS-
SIONERS SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO FILL THE
SAME BY APPOINTMENT, SAID APPOINTMENT TO
BE EFFECTIVE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
TERM OF THE OFFICE IN WHICH THE VACANCY
OCCURRED.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved March 31, 1953.

CHAPTER 151

(Senate Bill 80)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 321 and 322 of Article 8 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),

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