858 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 471
CHAPTER 471.

AN ACT to repeal and reenact, with amendments, Chapter
168 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1927, to pro-
vide for the election of officers of the Mayor and Com-
mon Council of Hyattsville, with appointment of election
officials and the designation of polling places, and chang-
ing the opening of the polls to 7 A. M.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Chapter 168 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1927, be and the same is hereby repealed and

re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

SEC. 2. That all elections to fill the offices of Mayor,
Councilman and Treasurer and for other purposes shall be
by ballot, and shall be held on the first Monday in May in
each year, except as otherwise provided by law. No per-
sons shall be allowed to vote in any election in said town
except those persons whose names shall appear upon the
register of voters in the ward where such persons shall
, appear to vote and who shall be actual residents, as herein-
after defined, of said town upon the day of election. The
Mayor and Common Council shall annually appoint two
judges and two clerks, who shall themselves be registered
voters, to conduct the election in each of said wards; pro-
vided that whenever there is only one candidate nominated
for Mayor or Treasurer of said town or only one candidate
nominated for Councilman in any ward thereof, there being
no, or only one candidate nominated for Mayor and/or
Treasurer, the election for such offices shall be held in such
ward or wards as the said Mayor and Common Council
shall direct, and judges and clerks shall be appointed to con-
duct the election only in the wards in which elections are
so directed to be held. The judges and clerks of any ward in
which the said Mayor and Common Council shall direct the
election of any other ward or wards to be held, shall, in ad-
dition to conducting the election in the ward for which they
are appointed, conduct the election for such other ward or
wards. The polls shall be open from the hour of seven
o'clock A. M. to the hour of seven o'clock P. M.. when they
shall be closed, and no ballots shall be deposited in the
ballot box after that time. The said judges and clerks shall
conduct such elections, canvass the ballots and certify the
results in the manner prescribed by the General Election
Laws of this State for State and county elections, except