HOWARD COUNTY. 3065

1914, ch. 836, sec. 51. 1922, ch. 528, sec. 51. 1924, ch. 406, sec. 51.

124. The affairs of said corporation shall be managed by three (3)
Commissioners, who shall be the owners of real estate situated in said
City, and resident voters thereof; and an election for the said three (3)
Commissioners of Ellicott City shall be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday of August, 1914, between the hours of eight o'clock
A. M. and seven o'clock P. M., at such place in said City as may be
designated by the present Mayor of said City. Notice of said election
shall be given by inserting in a newspaper published in Howard County
at least twice before the date of said election an advertisement setting
forth the time of the election, the place at which it will be held and the
purpose for which it will be held; and also by handbills to be posted in at
least five public places within the corporate limits of Ellicott City, as now
existing, at least two weeks before said election, said handbills to state
where said election is to be held, when it is to be held, and for what pur-
pose it is to be held. Said three (3) commissioners of Ellicott City elected
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of August, 1914, as afore-
said, shall hold office until the second Monday of June, 1918, or until
their successors are duly elected and qualified. Beginning with the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1918, the election for Commis-
sioners of Ellicott City shall be held every four years in the manner
and form herein specified, that is the next election for Commissioners;
of Ellicott City, after the election in August, 1914, shall be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1918, and then elections
shall be held every four years thereafter. The designation of the place
of election, after the Commissioners of Ellicott City have been elected,
shall be made by the President of the Commissioners of Ellicott City,
and notice of such election shall be given by the posting of handbills in
five public places within the corporate limits of Ellicott City, as now
existing, at least two weeks before said election, said handbills to set
forth the time, the place and the purpose of said election. The time of
said election shall be from eight o'clock A. M. to seven o'clock P. M.

1914, ch. 836, sec. 52.

125. The present Mayor of Ellicott City shall, before the fifth day of
June, 1914, appoint one person, a resident voter of said Ellicott City,
officer of registration of Ellicott City, who shall serve for the registration
of 1914 only. Said officer of registration shall qualify by taking the
usual oath of office before a Justice of the Peace residing in Howard
County, and shall procure a registration book similar in all respects to the
registration books now in use under the registration laws of Maryland;
and all necessary blanks and stationery for conducting and having a com-
plete registration of the voters of said City. After the election of the
Commissioners of Ellicott City, in August, 1914, as provided for in this
Act, the President of said Commissioners for the time being, shall, before
the first day of February next preceding each municipal election, appoint
one person, a resident voter of said City, officer of registration of Ellicott