1660 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

(161-FF) as passed by Chapter 55 of the Acts of 1892,
Section one hundred and sixty-one-HH (161-HH) as passed
by Chapter 55 of the Acts of 1892 and amended
by Chapter 508 of the Acts of 1894, Section one hun-
dred and sixty-two (162) as amended by Chapter 55 of the
Acts of 1892, Section one hundred and sixty-three (163), Sec-
tion one hundred and sixty-four (164), Section one hundred
and sixty-five (165), Section one hundred and sixty-seven (167),
Section one hundred and sixty-eight (168), Section one hundred
and seventy (170), Section one hundred and seventy-two (172),
Section one hundred and eighty-four (184) as amended by
Chapter 58 of the Acts of 1894, Section one hundred and eighty-
five (185) as amended by Chapter 58 of the Acts of 1894,
Section one hundred and eighty-six (186) as amended by Chap-
ter 58 of the Acts of 1894, Section one hundred and eighty-
seven (187), as amended by Chapter 58 of the Acts of 1894,
Section one hundred and eighty-nine (189), Section one hun-
dred and ninety (190) as amended by Chapter 58 of the Acts
of 1894, Section one hundred and ninety-two (192) as amended
by Chapter 126 of the Acts of 1892 and Chapter 192 of the
Acts of 1898, and Chapter 391 of the Acts of 1900 and Chapter
367 of the Acts of 1904 be and the same are hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

SEC. 153. The government of said town shall be vested in a
Mayor and two Councilmen, to be elected as hereinafter pro-
vided. No person elected and qualified as Mayor or Council-
man or any person holding an office by election, appointment or
otherwise, under the provisions of this sub-title of this Article,
or by virtue thereof, shall during the term of his office, be in-
terested directly or indirectly in any contract in which the
town is a party or is interested, nor shall any such person,
while holding such office, be directly or indirectly engaged in
furnishing work, labor or materials for said town; and any per-
son violating the provisions of this Section shall be proceeded
against by indictment in the Circuit Court for Washington
County, and upon conviction, be fined or imprisoned or both,
in the discretion of the Court.

SEC. 156. The male citizens of Hagerstown, of the age of
twenty-one years and upwards, who shall first be duly registered
as hereinafter prescribed and who shall have resided in the
area embraced within the corporate limits of said city at the
time of the election for a period of twelve months prior to the
election shall, on the first Monday in May, in the year 1915, and