340 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 34. Be it enacted, That all male citizens of Maryland,
above the age of twenty-one years, who shall be citizens of the
United States, and who shall have resided within the corporate
limits of Walkersville for ninety days next preceding the elec-
tion, possessing the qualifications now or hereafter provided for
by law or ordinance, shall be entitled to vote at all elections
hereafter held.

SEC. 35. Be it enacted, That all nominations for Burgess and
Commissioners shall be made by the qualified voters of the
town, on or before the first day of April, in each and every
year, in which a Burgess and Commissioners are to be elected,
or in which Commissioners, or a Burgess and one Commissioner
are to be elected, at a town meeting to be held for that purpose,
provided, that before said meeting is held two weeks' notice
shall be given by posting printed notices, in at least four pub-
lic places in said town, giving notice that said nominations will
be held at the time and place specified in said notice, for the
nomination of officers to be elected at the ensuing election;
provided, however, that in the event there is not sufficient time
between the passage of this Act and the holding of the first
general election thereunder to give such notice and make such
nominations thereunder within the time aforesaid, the Commis-
sioners shall give such notice and call said public meeting at
any time prior to the first Monday of May, as they shall think
proper. At any time after the first general election held under
this Act the Burgess and Commissioners may by ordinance pro-
vide for the method of making nominations and conducting
elections and certifying returns thereof in a manner different
from that herein provided.

SEC. 36. Be it enacted, That for the purpose of determining
whether this Act shall become 'the charter of the town of Walk-
ersville, said Act shall be submitted to the duly qualified voters
of the corporation, at a special election to be held for that
purpose, on the ninth day of April, A. D., 1914, between the
hours of three and seven o'clock P. M., for their approval. In
the event the Judges of Elections shall have been appointed prior
to the passage of this Act, they shall act as judges of said
special election, and also as judges of the general election to
be held on the first Monday of May, A.D., 1914; and provided,
further, that in the event there is sufficient time between the
passage of this Act and the ninth day of April, A. D., 1914,
the day on which said special election shall be held, two weeks'
notice shall be given, by posting printed notices, in at least