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by handbill, setting forth the qualification required
under this act for the eligibility of the Mayor and
City Council ; they shall appoint three judges and
as many clerks as may be necessary to preside over
said election ; they shall designate the place of hold-
ing the same, and fix the hours of opening and clos-
ing the polls. The said judges shall receive the bal-
lots of all voters above the age of twenty-one years,
and citizens of the United States, who have resided
in the State of Maryland one year, and been bona
fide residents of the town for six months ; and the
said judges shall notify the parties having the high-	Notify parties
est number of votes for Mayor and members of the
City Council of their election ; and in the event of
the failure or neglect or refusal of the parties named
in this section to call the election as prescribed, then
any five inhabitants of the town, upon one week's
notice, shall proceed to call the election, and appoint
the judges in the manner hereinbefore set forth.
SEC. 44. And be it enacted, That the neglect or	Not forfeita-
non-user shall not work a forfeiture of this charter.	ble.
SEC. 45. And be it enacted, That all acts of incor-
poration relating to the town of Havre-de-Grace, or	Repeal.
amendments to any of said acts, or special acts, be
and the same are hereby repealed.
SEC. 46. And be it enacted, That this act shall go
into force and take effect on and after the first Mon-	When effec- tive.
day in December, in the year eighteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
Approved April 5, 1878.