CARROLL COUNTY. 1791

fifteen days prior to the election of the Mayor and Council of said corpo-
tion.

1900, ch. 341, sec. E.

214. 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 a clerk, who shall record the
names of the persons voting as they vote; and each of said judges, before
holding any election, shall make oath or affirm, before a justice of the
peace of Carroll County or notary public that he will fairly and im-
partially 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 per-
sons 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 a certificate of the result of
the said election, showing the number of votes cast for each person voted
for, and shall deliver said certificate to clerk of said town, who shall
notify the persons elected of their election, and the persons so elected
shall severally hold their respective offices from the third Monday of
May next ensuing their election, for and during two years and until their
successors shall be duly elected and qualified.

1900, ch. 341, sec. F.

215. If notice of such election shall not be given as hereinbefore re-
quired, or if the judges of election shall not be appointed, or shall refuse
to act, five or more voters of said town may call an election for said office
by notices set up in the most public places in said town, not less than one
week previous to such election, therein naming the time and place of
holding such election, and naming three judges thereof, who, or any two
of whom, may hold such election.

1900, ch. 341, sec. G.

216. If at any election there shall be a tie between two persons voted
for for said offices, or if any person elected as a member of Council die,
resign, remove from the town, be disqualified, or refuse to act, a new
election shall be held in two weeks after such fact shall have become
known, after at least one week's notice given by the Mayor, or one or
more of the Council, or five or more of the voters as directed in the pre-
ceding 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 the qualified voters, as the case may be; and the person elected
shall serve until a new election; and if a vacancy shall occur in the office
of Mayor, from any cause, the chairman of the Council shall act as
Mayor for the unexpired term.