The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31
Friday, July 81, 1914
Public. Local Laws
Published by authority
CHAPTER 357.

an Act to incorporate the town of
Mount Rainier, Prince Georges
County, Maryland.
SECTION 5. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Sections and of Chapter 514 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Mary
land, 1910, being an Act to incorporate
the town of Mount Rainier, Prince
Geor se's County, MARYLAND. be and the
same are hereby repealed and re-enact-
ed with amendments so as to read as
follows.
SECTION l. All male citizens of said
town of twenty-one years Of age or
over who have actually resided in said
town 365 days next preceding any cleo
ton in said town of Mount Rainier,
and who have never been convicted of
any Infamous crime under the laws of
the State of Maryland, and who shall
come within any one of the three fol-
lowing classes of male citizens: Il All
duly naturalized citizens; ~ male
children of naturalized citizens who
have reached the age of twenty
years; 81 all citizens who prior to jan
uary first, 1868, were entitled to vote in
the State of Maryland or any other
State of the United States at State
election, and the lawful male decend-
ants of any person who prior to JAN
uary first, 1858, was entitled to vote in
this State or in any other State of the
United States at State election and no
person not coming within one of the
three enumerated classes shall be re
gistered as legal voter and entitled to
vote at any municipal election held in
said town of Mount Rainier, Maryland
The legal voters of said town shall
elect on the first Monday in May, 1910,
at such place as shall be selected for
the holding of elections one person, a
legal voter of said town, who has re-
sided therein for two years, at least,
next preceding the election to be May
or of said town, and four persons who
possess the same qualification, one from
each ward, who shall be voted for only
by the voters residing in the ward he is
to represent, to be common Council
man of said town; and thereafter an
nually, on the first Monday in May, such
citizens, with the above qualifications,
shall elect one person having the quail
fcations above described to be Mayor,
provided, that two of the said Council
men shall at the first election held und-
er the provisions of this Section, be
elected to serve one year and two to
serve two years, terms of office to be
decided by casting of lots and there
after two Councilmen to be elected each
year who shall serve two years. If
any vacancy occurs in the Office of
Councilman. the Mayor, with the advice
and consent of the remaining members
of said Council, shall appoint person
to fill such vacancy during the balance
of the unexpired term. In ease of a
vacancy in the Office Of Mayor a special
election shall be ordered by the Com
mon Council to be held within thirty
days after publication of such order,
for the purpose Of electing person TO
fl such vacancy. No person shall be
eligible as Mayor or Councilman of
said town unless he be the ownerof real
estate in said town, in his own name,
to the amount Of five hundred dollars
($500), and shall so remain during his
term of Office, and his term Of office
shall terminate upon his removal of re-
sidence from the town limits. Neither
the Mayor nor any OF the Cnuncilmen
shall, during their term of office, hold
or be interested in any other office I'M
der the corporation, or be party,
. directly or indirectly, in any contract
to which the corporation is party;
the town Clerk shall appoint, in a
period of not less than thirty, and not
more than forty days, before the gen.
eral town election, three days of Regis
tration, on which days duly qualified
voters SHALL register their names, ad-
dresses, and occupation, at such time
and place as the town Clerk may pre-
scribe; provided, that on at least two
of those days registration may be made
between the hours of six and eight
o'clock P. NJ. Only such voters as are
duly registered shall be entitled to vote
at the general town election; any per-
son desiring to become a candidate for
, Mayor or Councilman shall, at least
ten days prior to said election, file with
the town clerk statement of such can
didacy, accompanied by petition sign
ed by at least twenty duly qualified
electors, requesting such candidacy;
provided that the candidate for Coun-
Gilman from each ward shall secure a
majority of said petitioners within the
limits of their respective wards: each
petition shall be verified by one or more
persons, as to qualifications and re-
sidence of each of the signers of said
petition. Immediately upon expiration
of the time of filing petitions, the town
clerk shalli cause to be published in
one or more newspapers, published or
circulated IN the town, the name of all
candidates as they are to appear upon
the ballots, and said clerk shall there
upon cause the ballots to be printed
authenticated with facsimile of his
signature upon the said ballot, the
names of all candidates for Mayor, ar
ranged phabetically, Immediately be-
low the words vote for one shall first
be. placed with a square at the left of
each name. Following these names
shall appear the names of the caudidat-
es OF Councilmen in all wards The
ward must be arranged in numerical
order and the names Of the candidates
for councilmen must be arranged in
alphabetical order in their respective
wards. Immediately following the
election, the town clerk shall canvass
the returns thereof, and cause the result
to be published in the usual manner
said canvas by the town clerk shall be
publicly made; provided, that for the
first election held under this Charter
William Fl. Venneman shall act as
town clerk.
SECTION 7. That the Mayor with
the advice and consent of the Council,
shall oppolnt one person, a legal voter
in said town, who shall serve as town
clerk and treasurer. But before said
clerk and treasurer shall enter upon his
duties, he shall give bond, payable to
the Mayor of Mt. Rainier, 10 such sum
as the Mayor and Common Council
may fix with securities to be approved
by them. The Treasurer shall make all
collections of taxes and receive all
money paid for the use and benefit of
said corporation; he shall keep an &C
count of the receipts and disbursements
of the funds Of the corporation, and
shall render quarterly statements to the
Mayor and Common Council, or more
often when required by them, for all
moneys received by him, and shall
promptly disburse ON the order of the
Mayor and Common Council, under
the regulations that they may prescribe,
all sums of money so received by him;
such statements to be printed in some
newspaper published or circulated in
the town limits; he shall receive for his
services as Treasurer such compensa-
tion as may be fixed ty the Mayor ard
Common Council, and in addition such