108 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 55

159. There shall be elected one Councilman for each of
said wards as follows: On the fourth Monday of March,
nineteen hundred and twenty, one Councilman for Ward
No. Two, and one for Ward No. Four, and on the fourth day
of March, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, one Council-
man for Ward No. One, one for Ward No. Three and
one for Ward No. Five. The Councilmen elected on the
fourth Monday of March, nineteen hundred and nineteen,
for Wards Nos. One, Three and Five shall continue in
office until the fourth Monday of March, nineteen hundred
and twenty-two, or until their successors are elected and
qualified, when there shall be an election for Councilmen in
said Wards One, Three and Five, and from that time upon
the same day in every fourth year thereafter there shall be
an election of Councilmen in said Wards One, Three and
Five. The Councilmen elected on the date aforesaid for
Wards Nos. Two and Four shall continue in office until the
fourth Monday of March, nineteen hundred and twenty-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 fourth
year thereafter there shall be an election for Councilmen in
said Wards Two and Four, and the qualification 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 has removed, and
in which he is a qualified elector. The same Councilmen shall
be not less than twenty-five years of age, citizens of the United
States, residents of Hagerstown for five years next preceding
the election, and residents of the respective wards for which
they are chosen for six months next preceding the election,
and shall take the oath of office as hereinafter prescribed for
town officers. They shall receive an annual salary of three
hundred ($300.00) dollars each, and no other fee or compen-
sation whatever.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the provision
of this Act shall not become effective unless the same when
submitted, as hereinafter provided, to the qualified voters of
the City of Hagerstown at the regular municipal election to