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the limits of the ward from which he is elected and be disqualified in the
event of his removal from said ward or said town.

GOVERNMENT.

1920, oh. 731, sec. 3.

866. The Governmental functions of said town shall be vested in a
Mayor and five Councilmen who shall serve without compensation, all of
whom shall be at least twenty-five years of age and shall have resided
within the corporate limits of said town at least two years prior to election,
and each of whom shall be assessed on the books of said town or Prince

George's County for at least $100.00.

VOTEES.

1920, ch. 731, sec. 4. 1922, oh. 394.

867. All citizens above the age of twenty-one years who shall have
resided within the corporate limits of said town for at least one year prior
to any election shall be qualified to vote for all elective officers of said town,
and the judges of election hereinafter provided for shall be the sole judges
of the right of any person to vote at any town election; provided, however,
that in the election of councilmen only those citizens above the age of
twenty-one years who shall reside within the limits of the ward which
said councilman shall represent shall be qualified to vote for any such
councilman.

ELECTION.

1920, oh. 731, sec. B.

868. The election for all elective town officers shall be held on the first
Monday in May at a place or places to be designated by the Mayor and
Common Council, and notices of such designation must be posted in three
public places at least ten days before said election. Such polling places
:shall remain open from 8 to 10 o'clock A. M. and from 3 to 7 o'clock P. M.,
or longer, at the discretion of the Mayor and Common Council. Such

election shall be conducted by three judges and two clerks to be appointed
by the Mayor and Common Council annually, and shall take the oath pre-
scribed herein for town officers. Suitable ballot boxes and polling places
shall be provided by the Mayor and Common Council. Immediately upon
the closing of the polls the ballots shall be publicly counted and the said
judges shall make a true and correct return of the votes so cast, shall seal
the same, and shall within two days thereafter return the same to the
Mayor and Common Council or the Clerk thereof. Within ten days after

said election the Mayor and Common Council shall meet and canvas the

said returns and shall declare those persons receiving the highest number
of votes for the respective offices voted upon elected, and shall record a
copy thereof among their proceedings. In the event of a tie vote for any
office, there shall be an election on the fourth Monday in May for the office