ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1111
CHAPTER 578.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
5, 6 and 10 of Chapter 507 of the Acts of 1931, incor-
porating the town of Mountain Lake Park, in Garrett
County, relating to town elections, the qualifications of
voters and the right of the Mayor to vote on questions
pending before the Council.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 5, 6 and 10 of Chapter 507 of the
Acts of 1931, be and they are hereby repealed and re-en-
acted with amendments to read as follows:

5. Said corporation shall be governed by a Mayor and
five Councilmen. There shall be an election on the second
Tuesday in July each year between the hours of one o'clock
P. M. and seven o'clock P. M. and at the election on the
second Tuesday of July, 1933, there shall be elected a Mayor
to serve for two years', three Councilmen to serve for two
years and until their successors are elected and qualified;
at the expiration of the term of the Mayor and Council-
men, their successors shall be elected to serve for a term of
two years and until the qualification of their successors.
The Mayor and Councilmen shall be qualified voters and
residents of said town and shall be bona fide owners of real
estate in the town of Mountain Lake Park, Maryland, in the
value of Three Hundred Dollars ($300. 00).

6. All elections shall be by ballot, and all persons who
are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly
of Maryland and who have resided in said town for six
months next preceding any election and all persons, citi-
zens of the United States and bona fide owners of real
estate in said town for twelve months preceding any elec-
tion, shall be entitled to vote at any town election. The
Mayor and Council shall appoint at least three judges to
hold all town elections and shall give at least ten days'
notice by hand bills posted in conspicuous places in said
town naming the time and place when said election shall
be held and the polls opened and closed. The Mayor and
Council shall have power to pass such ordinances for con-
ducting said town elections as may be deemed necessary
and proper not in conflict with the provisions of this Act.

10. The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the
Council, unless prevented by sickness or reasonable cause,