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CHAP.
XXIV. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
meet together, at such times as are herein after mentioned, for the
executing and
performing the duties hereby enjoined; and said wardens shall have power
to appoint
and employ a skilful person to be their clerk, who shall keep fair minutes
and
entries of all their orders, regulations and transactions, and shall, before
he enters on
the duties of his office, give good and sufficient security for its faithful
discharge,
in the sum of one hundred pounds, to be approved of by said wardens; all
which
said minutes and entries shall be public, and submitted to the inspection
of any
person or persons who shall desire to peruse them, he or they paying to
the clerk
the sum of one shilling for each time the books shall be examined; and
that the
said clerk shall give true copies of any such entries or minutes made in
the said
books, he or they paying one half-penny for each line the said copy shall
contain,
every line to consist of not less than twelve words; and the said wardens
are hereby
empowered to have and use one common seal in their affairs, to sue and
be
sued, plead and be impleaded, and to have perpetual succession, as herein
directed. |
To be elected
every five
years, &c. |
III. And be
it enacted, That the electors for special commissioners for said
town, at the place of holding their elections, for said special commissioners,
shall,
on the first Monday of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred
and eighty-six, and on the first Monday of October in every fifth year
for ever
after, ballot for nine wardens, in the same manner as directed for said
special
commissioners, by the act, entitled, An act for the more effectual paving
the
streets of Baltimore-town, in Baltimore county, and for other purposes,
and shall
signify the election of said wardens in the public news-paper; that the
aforesaid
electors, before they proceed to the election for wardens, shall take an
oath or affirmation,
to elect, without favour or partiality, such persons for wardens, as
they in their judgment and conscience believe best qualified for said office;
that
the persons elected wardens must have been residents in the said town three
whole
years preceding the election, and must have real or personal property in
said town
above the value of one thousand pounds; and that vacancies happening from
death, refusal, disqualification, or resignation, be filled up by the wardens,
in the
manner directed in the aforesaid act for filling up vacancies of special
commissioners
for said town. |
Town to be
equally represented,
&c. |
IV. And be it
enacted, That the electors have special care in their choice of
wardens, to make such elections as that the several parts of the town be
as nearly
as possible equally represented. |
Wardens to
choose a
chairman, &c. |
V. And be it
enacted, That the said wardens, or a majority of them, shall and
hereby have power to choose yearly, and every year, by ballot, one of their
own
number, to be their chairman; and the said chairman, with a majority of
wardens,
hereby have authority to do and perform all and every act, matter and thing,
herein enjoined and required of them; and in case the said chairman, so
chosen,
shall neglect or refuse to attend at ay of the times appointed for the
meeting of
the wardens, being at least a majority in number, to choose in the same
manner
a chairman for the time being. |
To meet four
times a year,
&c. |
VI. And be it
enacted, That there shall be four meetings of said wardens in
every year, that is to say, on the second Mondays in March, June, September,
and December, respectively, and at such other times as the chairman,
or in his
absence two other wardens, may think necessary, on application made to
him or
them for that purpose; which meetings shall be called by his or their order
issued
to the clerk, directing him to summon all the said wardens to meet, on
twelve hours notice, to hear and determine whatever shall or may come before
them; and that the chairman shall receive, for each day he shall attend
or be
employed, the sum of seven shillings and six-pence, and every other warden
the
sum of five shillings, and no more. |
To take an
oath, &c. |
VII. And be it enacted,
That before the said wardens take upon themselves the
office of wardens, each and every of them shall take an oath or affirmation,
that
he will well and faithfully, to the best of his skill, understanding and
judgment,
perform, do, execute and discharge, the office and duty of a warden,
according to |
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