The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-05-07
DUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
The Town Of Hampstead.
CHAPTER AL

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTIONS 43 and
45, OF AN ACT OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF FMARYLAND, PASSED
AT THE JANUARY SESSION, EIGH-
TEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY
FOUR, CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY-THREE. ENTITLED
IAN ACT TO REPEAL CHAPTER 42l
OF THE LAWS OF 1892. AND SEC
TIONS 10. Al. ~. IS. Al. 45, IS, A.. 4S,
40, 80, 81, 80. 53 and "a. OF ARTICLE Z,
OF THE CODE OF PUBLIC LOCAL
LAWS, TITLE "CARROLL COUNTY" "
SUBTITLE "HAMPSTEAD," AND TO
RE-ENACT SAID SECTIONS WITH
AMENDMENTS, AND TO ADD ADDI-
TIONAL SECTIONS THERETO" AND
TO RE-ENACT SAID SECTIONS Is
AND 45, WITH AMENDMENTS.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, That Sections 43 and
45 of the Act passed at its January session.
eighteen hundred and ninety-tour, entitled
IAN Act to repeal Chapter 42l of the Laws
Of 1892, and Sections 40 Al, ~, 43, A, 45,
46, Al, As, 49, so, 81, 81, SO and 81, of Arti-
Gle = of the Code of Public Local Laws, title
Carroll County," subtitle "Hampstead,
and to re-enact said sections with amend
ments. and to add additional sections there
to-, be, and the same are, hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments. so that
said Sections 43 and As shall read as follows:
SEC. 43. The Mayor shall give at least two
weeks notice of the election by handbillS
posted in not less than five public places in
said town, and shall appoint three persons
who are qualified at such election judges of
election, and the said judges shall appoint Il
clerk, who shall record the names Of the per
sons voting as they vote; and each Of said
Judges. before holding any elections, shall
swear or affirm before Il justice of the peace
Of said Carroll County, that he will fairly and
impartially discharge the duty Of judge of
such election; and Immediately after the
close of the election said Judges shall in the
presence of such persons as may desire to
witness the same, count the ballots; and the
person having the highest number OF votes
for the several offices of mayor and members
of the council, shall be declared duly elected.
and said judges shall then and there make
and sign Il certificate Of the result of said
election, showing the number OF votes cast
for each person voted for, and shall deliver
said certificate to the clerk of said town, who
shall notify to the persons elected their clec-
ton, and the persons so elected shall Seyerally
hold their respective offices from the third
Monday of May next ensuing their election.
for and during the term Of two years, and un-
qualified.
Sec. As. If at any election there shall be
Il tie between any two persons voted for, for
the said Offices, a new election shall be held
in two weeks after such fact shall have be-
come known, after at least one week 5 notice
given by the mayor, or one or more OF the
council, or five or more of the voters, as di-
rected in the preceding section, and such
election shall be held by three judges or any
two of them, appointed by the mayor, or one
or more Of the council, or five or more Of tie
voters, as the case may be; and the person
elected shall serve until a new election; and
if any person elected as a member of the
council shall die, resign, remove from the
town, be disqualified or refuse to act, the va
cancy caused in the council by reason Of any
of the causes mentioned in this section, ma
joIity of the qualified members Of the c0un-
Gil shall elect members of the council to fill
such vacancy for the remainder of the term
and until a successor shall be elected by the
qualified voters of the said town and shall
have qualified; and if vacancy shall occur
in the office of the mayor by any of the
causes Of vacancy mentioned i'll this section,
the chairman Of the council shall act as mayOr
for the uneXpired term.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That this Act
shall take effect from the date Of its PASSAGE.
Approved April 9th, 1898.
LLOYD LOWNDES,
Governor.
JOHN WRIT RANDALL,
President of the Senate.
LOUIS SCHAEFER.
Speaker of the House Of Delegates
Office of the Chief Clerk of the House of
Delegates.
[ hereby certify that the aforegoing is a
true copy of an act of the General Assembly
Of Maryland, passed at the January Session,
1898.
L. HOUSEHOLDER.
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates
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