3644 ARTICLE 16.

as Councilmen; and every two years on the first Monday in May in such
years, beginning with the first Monday in May in the year 1930 one per-
son at least thirty years of age, possessing the qualifications herein enu-
merated shall be elected as Mayor of the said town. The Mayor and the
Councilmen shall serve for two years, beginning with the first Monday, in
June ensuing after their election.

(B) Nominations for Mayor and Councilmen shall be made at a meet-
ing of citizens called by the Town Clerk at the direction of the Council.
Such meeting shall be held at a convenient place within the town to be
designated by the Council and notice thereof shall be given through a
newspaper or newspapers of general circulation within the town or by
handbills generally distributed and posted throughout the town and the
said meeting shall be held on the Monday evening prior to the election.
The Town Clerk shall preside at said meeting; a Secretary shall be chosen
who is a legal voter in the town and he shall keep a record of the pro-

ceedings of said meeting and file the same in the office of the Town Clerk.
Candidates for Mayor shall be not less than thirty years of age and

candidates for Councilmen not less than twenty-five years of age; they
shall have resided in the town at least one year immediately preceding
their nomination and be legal voters and property holders therein. Nomi-
nations of candidates for Mayor and Councilmen shall be made on motion
of any citizen who is a qualified voter in the town and if such nomination
is seconded by at least two additional qualified voters, and not otherwise,
the person so nominated shall be considered a candidate and his name shall
be placed upon the official ballot.

(C) Elections shall be conducted by three judges and a clerk, appointed
by the Council and shall be held at some convenient place to be designated
by the Council; any vacancy in the list of Judges or Clerk occurring be-
tween their appointment and the election, shall be filled by the Mayor.
The polls shall be opened at 6.00 o'clock A. M., and closed at 7.00 o'clock
P. M., when the ballots shall be carefully counted, and on the result
appearing, certificates of election shall be granted by the judges to the
Mayor and Councilmen so elected, and a report of the election shall be
filed with the Council.

(D) All voting at municipal elections shall be upon official ballots
printed on plain white paper, and of uniform size prepared and furnished
by the Council to the judges of elections, and to no other person. On
such ballots shall appear the name of each office to be filled at the said
election, plainly printed in black ink, and under which shall appear the
names alphabetically arranged of those candidates who have been nomi-
nated therefor in accordance with Paragraph B of this section. Imme-
diately following the name of each office, and preceding the names of the
candidates, shall be plainly printed in black ink a direction to the voter,
"Vote for one, vote for two or three (as the case may be), by making a
cross (X) mark in that square which is opposite the name of the candi-
date to be voted for." A light black line shall be printed immediately