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7. And be it enacted, That no person shall be mayor of the said
town unless he shall be at the time of his election a citizen
of the United States, above the age of twenty-one years, a free-
holder in the said town, within the taxable limits thereof, actual-
ly residing therein, and having resided therein for three years
next preceding his election; no person shall be. an alderman of
the said town, unless he shall be at the time of his election a citi-
zen of the United States, above the age of twenty-one years, actually
taxed by the laws of the corporation, residing within the taxable
limits of the town, and having resided therein three years next
preceding his election; and no person shall be a member of the
common council unless he shall be at the time of his election a ci
tizen of the United States, above the age of twenty-one years, a
freeholder in the ward for which he shall he elected, residing
therein, and having resided within the taxable limits of the said
town one year next preceding his election.
8. And be it enacted, That in case of the death, refusal, dis-
qualification, resignation, or removal of the mayor out of the
taxable limits of the town, the aldermen, for the time being, shall
elect a mayor for the residue of the term; and in case of the death,
refusal, disqualification, resignation, or removal of an alderman,
out of the taxable limits of the town, the board of aldermen, and
the common council, for the time being, shall proceed to elect by
joint ballot, an alderman to fill the vacancy for the residue of
the term; and in case of the death, refusal, disqualification, re-
signation, or removal out of the taxable limits of the town, of a
member of the common council, an election shall be made by the
voters of the ward wherein the vacancy happened, to fill the va-
cancy.
9. And be it enacted, The aldermen and common council shall
hold their first session at the court-house in Frederick, or at
some other place within said town, on the third Monday in March,
eighteen hundred and seventeen, and they shall meet on the third
Monday in March in every year thereafter, hut the mayor may
summon them to convene whenever, and as often as it may ap-
pear to him that the interest of the corporation may require their
deliberation; a majority of the aldermen and common council
shall be a quorum to do business in their respective branches,
but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day; they may
compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and
under such penalties, as they may by ordinance provide; each
branch shall appoint their respective presidents, who shall pre-
side at their sessions, and shall vote on all questions; they shall
settle their rules of proceedings, appoint their own officers, and
remove them at pleasure; they shall judge of the elections,
returns, and qualifications of their own members, and may with
the concurrence of three-fourths of the whole, expel any member
for disorderly behaviour, or malconduct in office, hut not a se-
cond time for the same cause; they shall keep a journal of their
proceedings, and enter the yeas and nays on any question, re-
solve, or ordinance, at the request of any member, and their de-
liberations shall be public.
10. And be it enacted, That, the aldermen and common council
shall have full power and authority to enact and pass all laws
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Dec. Ses. 1816
Qualifications
of mayor, &c.
Vacancies.
Aldermen and
common coun-
cil to meet, &c.
— their power
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