102 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 52

2. The corporate limits of said town shall be defined and
laid out on plat of Otway B. Zantzingers sub-division, known
as Capitol Heights, recorded in Liber J. W. B. No. 5, folios
676 and 677K of the Land Records of Prince George's County,
Maryland.

3. The government of said town shall be vested in a
Mayor and six Common Councilmen. The term of office of the
Mayor and each Common Councilmen shall be two years; pro-
vided, that the first election hereunder shall be held on the first
Monday of May, 1922, and that the Mayor and Councilmen
elected at the election to be held on the first Monday of May,

1921, shall serve only until the election and qualification of the
Mayor and Common Councilmen elected hereunder on the first
Monday of May, 1922.

4. The voters of said town who shall possess the neces-
sary qualifications as hereinafter stated shall on the first Mon-
day of May, 1922, and thereafter biennially on the first Mon-
day of May in each second year elect at such place or places as
may be appointed by the Mayor and Common Council for the
holding of elections, from the respective candidates nominated
as hereinafter provided, one person to serve as Mayor for a
period of two years and six persons to serve as Common Coun-
cilmen for the term of two years. There shall also be elected
on the first Monday of May, 1922, by the voters of said town a
Treasurer of said town, who shall hold office for a period of
two years, and at each election thereafter a new election for
Treasurer shall be held. The Mayor, Treasurer and Common
Councilmen must each be voters of said town and have resided
in said town for at least two years immediately preceding their
election, and must each be the owner of and assessed on the
town assessment books with at least one hundred dollars ($100)
of land, and must remain so during their respective terms of
office. Neither the Mayor nor any of the Common Councilmen

shall, during his term of office, hold or be interested directly
or indirectly in any other office under the town administration
or be appointed to or interested directly or indirectly in any
contract to which the town is a party, nor shall the Mayor or
any of the Common Councilmen be paid or receive any salary.

5. All citizens of the State of Maryland who are resi-
dents of Capitol Heights, and who are registered on the poll
books of the County of Prince George's, and entitled to vote
therein, and who are registered on the poll books of the town