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each of said wards; to fix the pay and compensation of such
registration and election officers; to provide books of regis-
tration, ballot boxes, ballots and all necessary forms; to fix
the polling place in each ward, and, whenever the Mayor and
City Council shall direct a general registration of voters, to
appoint for such registration two registration officers for each
ward; to give notice of the time and place of holding registra-
tions and elections; provided, however, that not less than
seyen days notice shall be given; to provide by ordinance or
such other, necessary and further regulations not inconsistent
with law, for the conduct of registrations and elections and
for the manner of making nominations for the offices of Mayor
and Councilman of said city.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved March 29, 1947.

CHAPTER 225.
(House Bill 199)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
713 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's
County (1943 Flack's Edition), sub-title "Hyattsville",
omitting from biennial elections, the election of a City
Treasurer.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 713 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Prince George's County (1943 Flack's Edition), sub-title
"Hyattsville", be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

713. All elections to fill the offices of Mayor and Council-
man, and for other purposes shall be by ballot, and shall be
held on the first Monday in May of every second year, be-
ginning on the first Monday in May, 1943, except as other-
wise provided by law. No person shall be allowed to vote in
any election in said city except those persons whose names
shall appear upon the register of voters in the ward where
such person shall appear to vote and who shall be actual
residents as hereinafter defined, of said city upon the day of
election. The Mayor and City Council shall biennially appoint
two judges and two clerks, who shall themselves be registered