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but no later than Monday after said last sitting of the town
clerk, file an appeal in the Circuit Court for Talbot county, in
the same manner as is provided in the case of appeals from
the board of registry in the election law of the State of Mary-
land. The town clerk shall immediately make out a true
list of all the names which he has erased from the registry,
and post one in front of the Council rooms and one in front
of the court-house door in the town of Easton, and he shall
sit at the Council room on tte Monday and Tuesday follow-
ing the last day of registration from 7 P. M. to 9 P. M., and
shall have there the registry of voters for the purpose of
inspection by any alleged or qualified voter.
47. All nominations for office must be filed with the town
clerk at least two weeks before the election; the manner of
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Nominations
to be filed
two weeks
before
election.
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nominating candidates, shall be as follows: Every aspirant
for the office of Mayor and of president of the Council, or
some one on his behalf shall on or before the last day for
receiving nominations file with the town clerk nomination
papers for said office, in writing, signed by at least thirty of
the qualified voters of said town, and no signature shall be
counted if it shall be upon the nomination papers of more
than one candidate for the same office, and if it appear more
than once upon the same paper, it shall be counted but
once; and in like manner every aspirant for the office
of Councilman, or for other elective office now or here-
after to be created, who shall be a representative of a
ward, or some one on his behalf, shall on or before the
last day in which nominations may be filed as aforesaid, file
with the town clerk his nomination papers for the said office
signed by at least fifteen of the qualified voters of the ward
from which he is nominated; and said petitioners shall affix
their own signatures, and in front of same be designated the
ward in which the petitioner may reside. And no name
shall be counted if it shall be shown to the town clerk or if
he have personal knowledge that the same was not signed by
the person designated, or that the party did not live in the
ward designated, or if , the same shall be upon the nomination
papers of more than one candidate for the same office, and if it
appear more than once on the same paper it shall be counted
but once. In the case of the death or the resignation of any
candidate for office, on whose petition the petitioners have
not delegated to a committee, as shown by said petition, the
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