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Section 156. Be it enacted, That the male citizens of Ha-
gerstown of the age of twenty-one years and upwards who shall
be first duly registered as hereinafter prescribed and who have
resided in the State of Maryland and in said town for twelve
months preceding the election, shall on the fourth Monday of
March, in the year 1892, and upon the same day in every
alternate year thereafter, elect by ballot a person not under
twenty-five years of age, a citizen of the United States, and
five years a resident of said town as now constituted and as
enlarged by Chapter 257 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland passed at its January Session 1914 next preced-
ing the election, to be Mayor of said town; he shall take the
oath of office as hereinafter prescribed for town offices, and
remain in office until his successor is elected and qualified. All
elections shall be by ballot, and no person shall be entitled to
vote at any election who is not duly registered and as herein-
after provided.

Section 159. Be it enacted, That there shall be elected one
Councilman for each of the said wards as follows: On the
fourth Monday of March, 1892, one Councilman for Ward
Number One, one for Ward Number Two, one for Ward Num-
ber Three, one for Ward Number Four, and one for Ward
Number Five. The Councilmen elected on the date aforesaid
for wards number one, three and five shall continue in office
until the fourth Monday in March, 1893, or until their suc-
cessors are elected and qualified when there shall be an elec-
tion for Councilman in said wards One, Three and Five, and
from that time, upon the same day in every alternate year
thereafter, there shall be an election for Councilmen in said
wards One, Three and Five. The Councilmen elected on the
date aforesaid for wards Number Two and Four shall con-
tinue in office until the Fourth Monday in March, Eighteen
Hundred and Ninety-four, or until their successors are elected
and qualified, when there shall be an election for Councilmen
in said wards Two and Four; and from that time upon the
same day in every alternate year thereafter, there shall be an
election for Councilmen in said wards, and the qualifications of
the voters for Councilmen shall be the same as for Mayor, as
provided in Section One Hundred and Fifty-six as amended
by this Act, provided the voter shall have resided for six
months next preceding the election in the ward in which he
offers to vote; and in case of removal or until such residence
is acquired, the voter must vote in the ward from which he