BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                        2245

oaths, to diligently and faithfully discharge all duties of
the office. In case any one of such persons shall fail to
qualify within [ten days after the passage of this chapter,
or any one of their successors shall fail to so qualify
within ten days] A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME after his OR
HER election as a [committeeman] COUNCIL MEMBER as
hereinafter provided, or in case of any vacancy through
death, resignation, removal from [said] Martin's Additions
[1, 2, 3 and 4 to the Village of Chevy Chase], or otherwise,
the remaining [committeemen] COUNCIL MEMBERS shall fill such
A vacancy by the appointment of a resident[, registered] and
qualified voter of [said] Martin's Additions [1, 2, 3 and 4
to the Village of Chevy chase] who shall hold office until
the next regular election as [hereinafter] provided IN
SUBSECTION (B).

(b) On the second Tuesday in April[, 1917] OF EACH
EVEN NUMBERED YEAR two members of the [said citizens'
committee] COUNCIL shall be elected to serve for [one year]
A TWO-YEAR TERM, and ON THE SECOND TUESDAY IN APRIL OF ODD
NUMBERED YEARS three members SHALL BE ELECTED to serve for
two [years]-YEAR TERMS. [On the second Tuesday in April,
1918, and on the second Tuesday in April of each following
year, an election shall be held at which committeemen shall
be elected for two years to succeed those whose terms
expire, and at which committeemen shall be elected] IN ANY
ANNUAL ELECTION COUNCIL MEMBERS MILL BE ELECTED to fill any
vacancies which may exist, AS THE RESULT OF DEATH,
RESIGNATION, OR REMOVAL, but the [committeemen] COUNCIL
MEMBERS so elected to fill such vacancies shall serve only
for the remainder of the unexpired term. Election shall be
by ballot, cast in person or in absentia, in a manner to be
prescribed by [said citizens' committee] COUNCIL REGULATION.
Only [registered and] RESIDENTS OR PROPERTY OWNERS OF
MARTIN'S ADDITIONS WHO ARE qualified voters [of Montgomery
County] AS PRESCRIBED BY COUNCIL REGULATIONS [residing
within said Martin's Additions 1, 2, 3, and 4 to the Village
of Chevy Chase, Maryland,] shall be entitled to vote for the
office of [committeeman] COUNCIL MEMBER. ONLY A RESIDENT
MAY HOLD THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER. [Following each
election each newly elected member of said citizens'
committee shall qualify by taking an oath before any officer
in said Montgomery County, authorized by law to administer
oaths, to diligently and faithfully discharge all duties of
the office. Said committee] THE COUNCIL shall select from
[their] ITS members a [chairman, secretary—treasurer]
PRESIDENT, A SECRETARY, AND A TREASURER, and any Other
officers they may deem necessary.

67-4.

(a) [Said citizens' committee] THE COUNCIL of [said]
Martin's Additions [1, 2, 3 and 4 to the Village of Chevy
Chase,] is empowered to grade, pave, macadamize or otherwise
improve any existing dedicated street, road or lane, or any
county road, street or lane, which has been, or which may be
acquired and opened for public use, but which is ungraded,
unpaved or unimproved, and to lay sidewalks and curbs