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and in which he is a qualified elector. The said councilmen shall be twen-
ty-five years of age, citizens of the United States, residents of Hagerstown
for five years next preceding the election and residents of the respective
wards for which they are chosen for six months next preceding the elec-
tion, and shall take the oath of office as hereinafter prescribed for town
officers. They shall receive an annual salary of six hundred dollars each
and no other fee or compensation whatever.

Rauth v. Ward, 86 Md. 202.

1892, ch. 36, sec. 159A. 1920 (Special Session), ch. 4, sec. 159A.

234. For the purpose of registering the voters qualified to vote at
municipal elections in the City of Hagerstown, said City of Hagerstown
shall be divided into five registration districts, to be named respectively,
the first, second, third, fourth and fifth registration districts of Hagers-
town. The first registration district shall comprise ward number one in
said City of Hagerstown, the second, ward number two; the third, ward
number three; the fourth, ward number four; the fifth, ward number five.
The said wards to be divided into precincts as provided by Section 230 of
this sub-title. The words ward, precinct and registration district, herein
to be construed as convertible terms.

1914, ch. 260.

235. Whenever the number of registered voters in any ward of Hagers-
town, shall exceed six hundred, the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown
shall have authority, in their discretion, to provide by ordinance for the
sub-division of each ward into two, or more precincts, prescribing the
boundaries thereof, and providing for a just and fair transcription or
entry of the registered voters of said ward upon registration books to be
furnished by the Mayor and Council, for the proper precinct of said ward
wherein said registered voters may reside at the time of said sub-division
of said ward into precincts as aforesaid. In making said subdivision of
a ward into precincts care shall be taken that the boundary lines thereof
be so arranged as to include in each precinct as near as possible the same
number of persons entitled to vote in such ward. All the provisions of
law relating to the registration of voters and the manner of conducting
elections held in Hagerstown, at municipal elections therein, and appli-
cable to the several wards of Hagerstown as respective registration and
election districts, are hereby made applicable to the respective precincts
into which any such ward may be subdivided, said precincts to be different
subdivisions of the ward for registration and election purposes in said
ward, and in this sense the words "precinct" and "ward" shall be taken
as convertible terms, in the provisions of Article 22, of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Washington County," sub-title "Hagers-
town" ; relating to elections in the City of Hagerstown, nothing herein
contained, however, to be construed as authorizing the election of more
than one councilman from each ward as now provided by law.