1458 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 680

right of a hearing before the Council, which shall have power
to determine the matter, subject to an appeal to the Circuit
Court for Harford County. The Clerk, by hand-bills, and by
advertisement inserted in two newspapers if so many be pub-
lished in said City, shall give at least two weeks' previous
notice of the time and place of the sitting for the registration
of voters, and at the same time he shall give notice of the time
and place of the sitting of the City Council for the review of
the registration lists. The Mayor and City Council may pro-
vide for an entire new registration as often as every seven
years.

In the event of the sickness or temporary absence of the
Clerk, the Mayor is hereby authorized to appoint a Deputy
Clerk to discharge the duties of said officer.

Section 289. The City Clerk shall be the custodian of the
registry books, and shall keep the same in the safe provided
by the Mayor and City Council, and shall deliver the same to
the Judges of Election when required for elections to be held
in said City. The said Clerk shall furnish to any person
applying for the same an accurate copy of the list of regis-
tered voters of said City at the price of one cent for each name
thereon; except as herein otherwise provided, the said City
Clerk, or his Deputy, acting as Officer of Registration, shall
have all the powers and be subject to all the penalties which
are or may hereafter be by law provided for officers of regis-
tration under the General Election Laws of Maryland.

Section 290. It shall be the duty of the Board of Super-
visors of Election for said City to provide ballots for every
election to be held under this Charter, and cause to be printed
on the ballot the name of every candidate whose name has
been certified to or nominated in the manner hereinbefore
provided. Each ballot shall contain a statement of every ques-
tion to be submitted to the vote of the people at any election.
Ballots other than those printed and furnished by the Board of
Supervisors of Election according to the provisions of this
Charter shall not be cast or counted in any election held in
said City under the provisions of this Act, and no name or
names except those nominated to said Board and printed on
the official ballot shall be counted by the Judges of Election in
determining the result of any election held under this Act-
Any voter may take with him into the polling room any writ-
ten or printed memorandum or paper to assist him in marking
or preparing his ballot except a fac simile of the ballot to be