ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1541

held, after ten days' notice, pursuant to the provisions forego-
ing in regard to elections. In case of any vacancy in the office
of the Mayor or Councilmen by death, resignation or removal
from the town, said vacancy shall be filled by a vote of the
Council until the next election for members of the Council.

Section 4. (A) The Council shall annually appoint one
or more persons as officers of registration, whose duty it shall
be to enter in alphabetical order in proper and convenient books,
to be provided by the Council, the names of all persons apply-
ing for registration who are entitled to vote under the provisions
of this Charter; and for the purpose of ascertaining the facts,
the said officers of registration are hereby empowered to admin-
ister oaths to applicants and witnesses, touching the qualifica-
tions of applicants for registration under the terms of this
Charter. Such officers of registration shall sit, with their offi-
cial books, for registration of qualified applicants, from 8 A.
M. to 6 P. M., on the Tuesday and Wednesday preceding every
municipal election; a right of challenge and of presentation of
facts relating to qualifications, and a right to appeal to the
Council from the decision of the registration officers is hereby
granted to any person or persons aggrieved by the decision of
such officers. The Council shall sit between the hours of 8 P.
M. and 10 P. M. on the Thursday before the election, and at
such other times as may be necessary prior to the election, to
hear such appeals, if any, and the evidence relative thereto.
Every applicant and challenger concerned in such appeal or
appeals shall, at the conclusion of the registration, be duly
notified by the registration officers of the time and place of the
said meeting of the Council. The decision of the Council on
such appeals shall be final. The Council shall give at least
five days' notice of the time and place of sitting of the officers
of registration, by means of handbills, posted in at least ten
conspicuous places in said town, or by advertisements in one
or more newspapers of general circulation in the said town.
The said officers of registration, as soon as their sittings are
finished, shall forthwith transmit to the Clerk of the said town,
an alphabetical list of the persons registered and the persons
rejected at such sittings, together with all books and other offi-
cial papers and documents bearing on the qualifications of such
persons to be registered under the provisions of this Charter.
The said Clerk shall, on the same day, post in his office a copy
of such alphabetical list of the persons registered or rejected
as aforesaid, so as to be available for public inspection; and
any person so registered may be challenged before the Council,