JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR,

eral Assembly, shall be qualified voters of the corporation, and
entitled to vote at any corporation election held under the
provisions of this Act, or any ordinance made in pursuance
thereof; and said voters shall elect by ballot, on the first
Monday in May, nineteen hundred, and thereafter biennially,
at such place as shall be designated by the Mayor and Coun-
cil, between two o'clock in the afternoon and six o'clock in
the evening, one person, at least twenty-five years of age, who
is the owner of real estate or leasehold property within the
corporate limits of said town, and who has resided in said
town at least two years next preceding said election, Mayor
of said town, and five persons, each of whom shall be at least
twenty-one years of age, and shall have resided in said town
at least one year next preceding said election, and be the
owner of real estate or leasehold property within the corporate
limits of said town, members of the Council.

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Sec. E. 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

Posted notice
of election.

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 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 persons

Shall appoint
judges and
clerks of
election.

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.

Election
returns.
How made.

Sec. F. If notice of such election shall not be given as
hereinbefore required, 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

Five or more
voters may
give notice of
election.