1512 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 528

acted by Chapter 836 of the Acts of 1914, be and the same are
hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

51. The affairs of said corporation shall be managed by
three (3) Commissioners, who shall be the owners of real
estate situated in said city and a resident voter thereof;
and an election for the said three (3) Commissioners of Elli-
cott City shall be held on the first Tuesdav after the first Mon-

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day of August, 1914, between the hours of eight o'clock A. M.
and seven o'clock P. M., at such place in said city as may be
designated by the present Mayor of said city. Notice of said
election shall be given by inserting in a newspaper published in
Howard County at least twice before the date of said election
an advertisement setting forth the time of the election, the place
at which it will be held and the purpose for which it will be
held; and also by handbills to be posted in at least five public
places within the corporate limits of Ellicott City, as now ex-
isting, at least two weeks before said election, said handbills
to state where said election is to be held, when it is to be held
and for what purpose it is to be held. Said three (3) commis-
sioners of Ellicott City elected on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday of August, 1914, as aforesaid, shall hold office
until the second Monday of June, 1918, or until their succes-
sors are duly elected and qualified. Beginning with the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1918, the election for
Commissioners of Ellicott City shall be held every four vears

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in the manner and form herein specified, that is the next elec-
tion for Commissioners of Ellicott City, after the election in
August, 1914, shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in May, 1918, and then elections shall be held every
four years thereafter. The designation of the place of elec-
tion, after the Commissioners of Ellicott City have been elected,
shall be made by the President of the Commissioners of Elli-
cott City, and notice of such election shall be published in a
newspaper published in Howard County at least twice before
the date of said election, said notice to contain the place of said
election, the time of same and the purposes for which it is to
be held, and also by the posting of handbills in five public places
within the corporate limits of Ellicott City, as now existing,
at least two weeks before said election, said handbills to set
forth the time, place and purpose of election and the time of
said election shall be from eight o'clock A. M. to seven o'clock
P. M.