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numbered Nine (9), Eight (8), Seven (7), Six (6), Five (5), Four (4),
Three (3), Two (2) and One (1) of said Block numbered Thirteen (13)
to Cockerille Avenue; thence southerly along the easterly line of said
Cockerille Avenue to a point opposite the southerly side of Highland
Avenue in the Pine Crest subdivision; thence straight across Cockerille
Avenue and along the southerly line of Highland Avenue to the westerly
line of Westmoreland Street; thence along the westerly line of Westmore-
land Street to the southerly line of Second Street; thence along the south-
erly line of Second Street to the aforesaid third line of the District of
Columbia; thence with said line reversed to the place of beginning.

1929, ch. 169, sec. 3.

949. (A) Every resident of said town having the qualifications of a
voter under the laws of this State, who has resided in said town for three
months immediately preceding the election at which such person proposes
to vote, and who is duly registered as a voter in the said town under the
provisions of the next succeeding section shall be entitled to vote in mu-
nicipal elections in the said town, and no person shall vote in any such
municipal election who does not possess the qualifications enumerated in
this section; provided, however, that this section and the next succeeding
section shall not apply to special elections held under the provisions of
Section 960 (G) of this Charter. The residents of said town having the
qualifications enumerated in this section shall on the first Monday in May
next elect three persons not less than twenty-five years of age as Council-
men, who, together with the three Councilmen elected at the last general
election, shall constitute the Council, all of whom shall have resided in the
said town at least one year previous to their election and be legal voters
and property owners therein. Thereafter on the first Monday of each
succeeding May, beginning with the first Monday in May, 1930, three
persons possessing the qualifications herein enumerated shall be elected
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.