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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Elect Com-
missioners.

115. All free white male citizens of said village
above the age of twenty-one years, who shall have
been bona-fide residents thereof during the space
of six months, and shall have resided in the State
twelve months next preceding the election, shall,
on the third Monday in March annually, at the
Town Hall in said village, elect five judicious and
discreet persons, who shall have resided within
the limits of said village for at least twelve
months next preceding the election, Commission-
ers for said village.

Mode.

116. All such elections shall be conducted as
shall be from time to time directed by the by-laws
of the Corporation, not inconsistent with the laws
of the State.

Oath.

117. Every Commissioner so elected shall, be-
fore he enters upon the duties of his office, take
an oath before some Justice of the Peace of the
county that he will diligently and faithfully, ac-
cording to the best of his judgment, perform the
duties of a Commissioner of the said village with-
out favor, partiality or prejudice, and a certificate
of such qualification shall be made and returned
by said Justice to the said Commissioners, to be
filed and recorded among their proceedings.

Vacancy.

118. If any of the said Commissioners shall
die, resign or remove from the said village, or be
otherwise disqualified during the year for which
he may be elected, an election to fill the vacancy,
the time and manner of holding which shall be
prescribed by the Commissioners, shall be held,
at which all persons qualified, as hereinbefore
mentioned, shall be entitled to vote.

Hold over.

119. If the inhabitants of said village shall at
any time neglect to make an election at the time
required by this Article, the power of electing
Commissioners shall not therefore cease, but shall
continue the same as though such election had
been made, and the President and Commissioners
for the time being shall continue and remain in
office until such election shall be held.

120. The Commissioners so elected may meet
and adjourn from time to time, as they may think
proper, and shall at their first meeting, which
shall be within one month after their election,