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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

for delegates to the General Assembly, shall, on the first Satur-

day in June, 1904, between the hours of two and five o'clock

P.M., at such places as the aforesaid judges of election shall

appoint, elect by ballot five persons residents and qualified

voters of, and owners of real estate in, said town, as Com-

missioners of Hillsboro, to serve from one year therefrom, or

till their successors are duly elected and qualified; and that

such election shall be held on the first Saturday of June an-

nually thereafter, between the hours of two and five o'clock

P.M., at such place as the Commissioners of said town shall

appoint, elect by ballot five persons, residents and qualified

voters of, and owners of real estate in, said town, as Commis-

sioners of Hillsboro.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted., That the Commissioners, or a

Right of Town
Commission-

majority of them, shall be judges of said election, or they

ers to act as
election

may appoint any three voters to act as judges, and the pro-

judges.

ceedings shall be recorded under their direction; and every

Commissioner or person so appointed, before he opens an elec-

tion, shall make oath before a justice of the peace for Caro-

line County that he will faithfully and impartially permit every

person to vote at such election who shall be qualified to vote

for Commissioners of said town, and that he will not suffer

any person to vote at such election who shall not be legally

qualified to vote, and the five persons having the highest num-

ber of votes shall be declared elected.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That if at any time an election

Failure to hold
an election.

shall not be held for Commissioners on the day mentioned in

this Act, an election may be held at any time after ten days'

notice thereof shall have been given by the Commissioners,

or a majority of them, and in the event a majority of the said

Commissioners shall become disqualified to act, or shall have

failed, or shall fail to hold an election for the space of thirty

days from the first Saturday in June in any year, then it shall

be lawful for any three or more qualified voters in said town

to give notice, either by written or printed hand bills, or by

publication in some newspaper, of an election to be held on a

certain date, at least ten days from the date of publication or

posting of such notice for Commissioners under this Act,

and a majority of voters present at the hour fixed by said notice

for the commencement of said election shall select three judges

to hold said election.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That if at any election held under

Tie vote.

this Act two or more persons shall receive the same number

of votes for Commissioner of said town, the judges of said