PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. 4087

the names of all persons applying for registration who are entitled to vote
under the provisions of this Charter; and for the purpose of ascertaining
the facts, the said officers of registration are hereby empowered to admin-
ister oaths to applicants and witnesses, touching the qualifications of appli-
cants for registration under the terms of this Charter. Such officers of
registration shall sit, with their official books, for registration of qualified
applicants, from 8 A. M. to 6 P. M., on the Tuesday and Wednesday
preceding every municipal election; a right of challenge and of presenta-
tion of facts relating to qualifications, and a right to appeal to the Council
from the decision of the registration officers is hereby granted to any per-
son or persons aggrieved by the decision of such officers, provided a notice
of said appeal is filed in writing with the officers of registration within
twenty-four hours after such decision is rendered. The Council shall sit
Sit the hour of 8.00 o'clock on the Thursday evening before the election
and at such other times as may be necessary prior to the elction, to hear
such appeals, if any, and the evidence relative thereto. Every applicant
and challenger concerned in such appeal or appeals shall, at the conclusion
of the registration, be duly notified by the registration officers of the time
and place of the said meeting of the Council. The decision of the Council
on such appeals shall be final. The Council shall give at least five days'
notice of the time and place of sitting of the officers of registration, by
means of handbills posted and generally distributed in said town, or by
advertisement in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the
said town. The said officers of registration, as soon as their sittings are
finished, shall forthwith transmit to the Town Clerk an alphabetical list
of all persons registered and those rejected at such sittings, together with
all books, papers and documents bearing on the qualifications of such per-
sons to be registered under the provisions of this Charter; and such list
shall be available for public inspection. Any person registered may be
challenged before the Council, sitting for the purpose of hearing appeals
as herein provided, although not challenged at the time of registration,
provided notice is given at any time before noon on the said appeal day to
the party whose qualifications are to be challenged.

(B) A general registration shall be held at such times as the Council
may by ordinance direct; provided, however, that in no case shall more
than ten years elapse between any such general registration and the next
succeeding general registration. The Council shall appoint a sufficient
number of registration officers to conduct registrations with the least possi-
ble delay and inconvenience to applicants applying for registration; and
the Council may direct officers of registration to sit for the registration of
qualified voters at such additional times as may in the judgment of the
Council be necessary; provided, however, that nothing herein contained
shall be deemed to relieve the officers of registration from sitting on the
days and hours herein specifically provided.

(C) The Council is authorized and directed to fix the compensation of
such officers of registration, and to pay such compensation and all other
expense incident to the registration herein provided for.