The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-05-18
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JANUARY SESSION, 1894.
CHAPTER I27.


CHAPTER I27.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments sections 1913, 1874, 1877, 2o2,
2o7 and 237 of Article II of the Code OF
Public Local Laws entitled prince
Georges County, subtitle Laurel,
and re-enact the same with amend
mentS.
SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland that Sections
1913, 1914, 1877, 2o2, 2o7 and 257 OF Article
II of the Code of Public Local Laws en-
titled Prince Georges county, subtitle
Laurel be and the same are hereby re-
pealed and re-enaCted SO as to read as
follows:
SECTION 1913. The male citizens OF said
town of the age of twenty-one years and
upwards, who shall possess the qualifl-
cation of legally registered voters OF the
State, and who shall have actually re-
sided in said town for the space OF SIX
months next preceding the first Monday
of April, 1894, shall elect on that day at
such place as shall be selected for hold
of elections, one person, legal voter OF
said town, who has resided therein one
year at least, next preceding the election,
to be mayor of said town, and one person
in each of the wards herein provided tor
and two councilmen at large, who shall
possess the same qualifications and be res
idents of the wards for which they shall
be chosen by the voters of said wards,
to be CITY CounCilmen of said town and
annually thereafter on the first Monday
of April, such citizens shall elect one per
son having the qualifications above de-
scribed to be mayor and two Councllmen
at large, to be elected from residents OF
the town at large who shall possess the
same qualifications and those selected
from the wards shall be residents OF the
wards for which they shall be chosen
every second year thereafter there Snall
be elected one councilman from each OF
said wards, possessing the same quallfl.
cations who shall each be a resident OF
the ward for which he is chosen; the said
Town of Laurel shall be divided into
three wards as follow: Ward No. shall
embrace all of said town lying westerly
of a line drawn from the southerly limits
of the town at point where the westerly
line of Church street lntersects SAID limits
running northerly along the westerly
line of Church street to Main street, and
thence in a straight line by the same
course to the Patuxent river; ward No. 2
shall embrace all of said town between
the above mentioned line and a line
drawn from a point III the southerly
limits of said town where the westerly
line of Fourth street interSectS 1t, mortimer
ly to Main street along said line OF Fourth
street; thence to the westerly side OF
Race street, and then to the Patuxent
river bv the course of the westerly line of
Race street ward No. 3 shall embrace
all the residue of said town lying eaSterly
Of the last above mention lines.
SECTION Io4. The elections hereunder
shall be held at such place as the Mayor
and City Council may designate, after at
least ten days public notice of the same
given BY them, and three judges and two
clerks thereof shall be designated and
appointed by them ten days prior thereto;
the polls shall be kept open at such place
as shall be designated by the Mayor and
City Council from two O'Clock p. M, to
seven O'Clock p. M, when they shall be
closed and the ballots publicly counted,
and the said Judges shall within two days
after said election, make true and cor
| rect return of the same under their hands
to be addressed and transmitted to the
Mayor, who shall convene the City Coun-
Gil, on the second day after the election
to receive the returns of the same and all
persons shall be voted for on one gen
eral ticket.
SECTION 1877. In case of failure to elect
| Mayor and at least three Councilmen
| those in Office shall continue TO perform
| the duties pending an election which
shall be held upon the notice prescribed
| hereinbefore.
| meet upon the next Monday night sue
ceeding their election and after qualify
ing by taking the prescribed oath
proceed to elect one of their num-
| Der President of the Council the said
Council shall meet on the second Mon
| day of each month for the transaction OF
| the regular business of the town, but may
meet oftener if required. At all meetings
of said Council three members present
and voting shall constitute quorum for
| the transaction Of business, and majority
vote of all the members elected shall be
| necessary for the passage of any ordl-
nance or resolution; if during the term
of said Mayor or Councilmen any one of
| them should, resign, or remove from the
town or otherwise be disqualified, an
election to fill the vacancy on ten days
| notice thereof being G iven by the Mayor
or Council shall be held, at which all
persons qualified as prescribed in section
1872 two shall be entitled to vote.
SECTION POT. There shall be appoint
| ed annually by the Mayor and City Coun
| Gil and possessing the same qualifications
as the Mayor one person as bailitf of said
| town whose duty it shall be to preserve
the peace and good order OF the town
and for this purpose the said bailif is
hereby vested with the same powers and
| authority now possessed by Constables
| under the laws of the State; said bailiH
shall take the required oath and enter
upon his duties on the second Monday of
April of each year.
SECTION 237. There shall be appointed
| annually by the Mayor and City Council
and possessing the same qualifications
| as the Mayor one person as Supervisor
whose duty it shall be to superintend the
| improvements of the town and who shall
perform such other duties as the Mayor
and City Council may prescribe and he
shall be allowed such compensation as
| shall be fixed by them and i'll case of a
vacancy III the said office a new appoint
ment shall be made.
SECTION 2. And be it enacted that this
| Act shall take effect from the date of its
| passage.
Approved, March 27th, 1894.
FRANK BROWN, Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
JAMES H. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK,
HOUSE OF DELEGATES. ,
| hereby certify that the afore%oln% IS
a true copy of an Act of the General AS
sembly of Maryland, passed at the Jan
| O.