982                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 572

4.    Boundaries.

A description of the corporate boundaries of the town (city) at all
times shall be on file with the Town Clerk or other comparable official
and with the Clerk of the Court of the county. The corporate boun-
daries are as follows:

The Council

5.    Number; selection; term.

All legislative powers of the town [shall be] are vested in a council
consisting of five councilmen who shall be elected as hereinafter pro-
vided and who shall hold office for a term of four years or until the
succeeding council takes office. The regular term of councilmen shall
expire on the second Monday following the election of their succes-
sors. Councilmen holding office at the time this charter becomes
effective shall continue to hold office for the term for which they
were elected and until the succeeding council takes office under the
provisions of this charter.

6.    Qualifications of Councilmen.

Councilmen shall have resided in the town for at least one year
immediately preceding their election and shall be qualified voters of
the town.

7.    Salary of Councilmen.

Each councilman shall receive an annual salary which shall be
equal for all councilmen and shall be as specified from time to time
by an ordinance passed by the council in the regular course of its
business; provided, however, that the salary specified at the time any
council takes office shall not be changed during the period for which
that council was elected. The ordinance making any change in the
salary paid to the several councilmen, either by way of increase or
decrease, shall be finally ordained prior to the municipal election
for the members of the next succeeding council and shall take effect
only as to the members of the next succeeding council.

8.    Meetings of the Council.

The newly elected council shall meet at 8.00 p.m. on the second
Monday following its election for the purpose of organization, after
which the council shall meet regularly at such times as may be
prescribed by its rules but not less frequently than once each month.
Special meetings shall be called by the Clerk-treasurer upon the re-
quest of the mayor or a majority of the members of the council.
All meetings of the council shall be open to the public, and the rules
of the council shall provide that residents of the town shall have a
reasonable opportunity to be heard at any meeting in regard to any
municipal question.

9.    Council to be judge of qualifications of its members.

The council shall be the judge of the election and qualification of
its members.