790 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 328

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That Joseph P. Mc-
Cormick, Harry Malcolm and Gilbert C. Cooling be and they
are hereby appointed registrars to hold the several registrations
of voters under this Act, prior to and including the election of
the first town officials provided for in this Act, and that imme-
diately after the passage of this Act they shall give at least
ten days' notice of the time and place thereof by handbills
posted in at least five (5) public places in said town, at which
all qualified voters, as provided for in the fourth (4th) Sec-
tion of this Act may be registered; and the said officers of regis-
tration shall take oath before some Justice of the Peace of the
said County, to permit every qualified voter to register and
none other; the majority of the registration officers shall have
power to do all things under this Section in case one of them
dies or refuses to act; and that upon the completion of the
registry of votes the officers herein named shall give the judges
of election a list of the names so registered.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That Gordon Durst,
Patrick Conroy and Philip Lashbaugh be and they are hereby
appointed judges of election to hold the several elections pro-
vided under this Act prior to and including the election of the
first town officials under this Act, and at least ten (10) days
before the first Monday in June, 1918, or the first Monday in
June, 1919, they shall give notice that the election shall be
held and the time and place thereof by handbills, posted in at
least five (5) public places in said town at which election all
persons qualified as prescribed in Section 4 of this Act shall be
entitled to vote for one person for Mayor, one person for Clerk,
and four (4) persons for Commissioners, and such judges of
election before opening the polls shall take oath before some
Justice of the Peace in Allegany County, to permit every
qualified voter to vote and none other, and the majority of said
judges shall have power to do all things herein provided, in
case one should die or refuse to act.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of
this Act incorporating the town of Barton and providing for
the election of its town officials shall not be effective and in
effect until the citizens of said town qualified to vote as here-
inbefore set forth and who have been properly registered in
conformity with the provisions of this Act, shall by a majority
vote, accept this act of incorporation, and the said judges of
election shall submit forthwith to the qualified voters of said
town the question of such incorporation and the acceptance of