336 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 163

years or more before any election in said City, and being duly
registered as voters in said City, shall elect by ballot, on the first
Wednesday in June, 1916, as already provided by law, a Mayor
and three Councilmen, as provided in the preceding section, and
biennially, thereafter, on the same day, Mayor and Councilmen,,
sufficient to fill the places of those whose terms have expired;
and no person, not entitled to vote as aforesaid and registered
as herein provided shall be entitled to vote at any election for
Mayor and Council of Crisfield; said Mayor shall annually ap-
point one person as officer of registration, whose duty it shall
be to enter in proper and convenient books, to be provided by
said Mayor and Council of said City, the names of all persons
applying for registration who are entitled to vote, under the
provisions of this section in alphabetical order as in State reg-
istration books, and for the purpose of ascertaining the facts, the
said officer of registration is hereby empowered to administer
oaths to applicants and witnesses, touching the qualifications of
applicants for City Registration. Said officer of registration
shall sit, with his official books, for registration of qualified ap-
plicants, from eight o'clock A. M. to five o'clock P. M., on the
Wednesday and Thursday preceding every municipal election; a
right of challenge and of presentation of facts relating to quali-
fications, and a right of appeal from the decision of the registra-
tion officer is hereby granted to any person or persons aggrieved
by the decision, to the Mayor and Council, which shall sit be-
tween the hours of two and five o'clock P. M., on the Friday be-
fore the election to hear such appeals, if any, and the evidence
relative thereto. Every applicant and challenger, concerned in
said appeal or appeals, shall be at the conclusion of this
registration, duly notified by the registration, officer of
the time and place of the said meeting of the Mayor and
Council, and their decision shall be final. Such registration
shall be essential to the right of voting under the provisions of
this Charter or the Ordinances made in pursuance of it. The
Mayor and Council shall give at least five days' notice of the
time and place of the sittings of the officer of registration, by
hand bills posted in at least ten conspicuous places in said City
or by advertisement in one or more City newspapers. The said
registrar, as soon as his sittings are finished, shall forthwith re-
turn all books and other official papers and documents, together
with an alphabetical list of persons registered or rejected to
the Clerk of the Mayor and Council. Said Clerk shall on
same day put up on the door of the office of the Mayor and