918 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 458

day in June, 1916, as already provided by law, a Mayor and
three Councilmen, as provided in the preceding section and
biennially, thereafter, on the same day, Mayor and Council-
men, sufficient to fill the places of those whose terms have
expired; and no person, not entitled to vote as aforesaid shall
be entitled to vote at any election for Mayor and Council of
Crisfield; said Mayor shall annually appoint one person as
officer of registration, whose duty it shall be to enter in proper
and convenient books, to be provided by said Mayor and Coun-
cil of said City, the names of all persons applying for regis-
tration who are entitled to vote, under the provisions of this
section, and for the purpose of ascertaining the Facts, the said
officer of registration is hereby empowered to administer oaths
to applicants and witnesses, touching the qualifications of
applicants for City Registration. Said Officer of registration
shall sit, with his official books, for registration of qualified
applicants, from eight o'clock A. M. to five o'clock P. M., on
the Wednesday and Thursday preceding every municipal elec-
tion; a right of challenge and of presentation of facts, and a
right of appeal from the decision of the registration, officer is
hereby granted to any person or persons aggrieved by the deci-
sion, to the Mayor and Council, which shall sit between the
hours of two and five o'clock P. M., on the Friday before the
election to hear such appeals, if any, and the evidence relative
thereto. Every applicant and challenger, concerned in said
appeal or appeals, shall be then and there duly notified by the
registration officer of the time and place of the said meeting
of the Mayor and Council and their decision shall be final.
Such registration shall be essential to the right of voting under
the provisions of this Charter or the ordinances made in pur-
suance of it The Mayor and Council shall give at least five
days' notice of the time and place of the sittings of the officer
of registration, by hand bills posted in at least ten conspicuous
places in said City or by advertisement in one or more City
newspapers. The said registrar as soon as his sittings are
finished shall forthwith return all books and other official
papers and documents to the Clerk of the City Council. Any
person who shall wilfully swear falsely before such registrar,
in order to procure his name or that of any other person to be
placed on the registration list, shall be guilty of the crime of
perjury and shall be liable to presentment and indictment
therefor, in the Circuit Court for Somerset County, and on
conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred