JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 811

not less than three written or printed notices in con-
spicuous public places in said village, of the time
and place at which said election shall be held ; and
the said judges of election, before opening the polls,
shall make oath or affirmation before some justice of
the peace for Prince George's county, that they will
fairly and impartially act as judges of said election;
and the said judges shall keep the polls open from nine o'clock A. M. until six o'clock P. M., and shall
record the names of the voters, and after the closing
of the polls shall count the ballots and announce the
result, and make and sign a certificate thereof to
be filed among the records of said corporation.
SEC. 30. If any vacancy shall occur by the death,
resignation, removal or refusal to act of any commis-
sioner of said village, or if any person ejected as
commissioner of said village shall be disqualified
from any cause, the remaining commissioners, or a	Vacancy
majority of them, shall elect a proper person to fill
such vacancy; and all cases of contested election of
commissioners under this act, shall be decided by the
Judges of the Circuit Court for Prince George's
county ; and pending any contest, and until the said
court shall decide who is legally elected, the commis-
sioners holding the office by virtue of a previous
election, shall continue to hold the office until the
contested election is decided, and until his or their
successors shall be legally elected and qualified.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force.
effect from the date of its passage, and all laws, in-
consistent with this act, be and the same are hereby	Repealed.
repealed.
Approved April 11th, 1874.