1542 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 542

sitting for the purpose of hearing appeals as herein provided,
although not challenged at the time of registration, provided
notice is given at any time before noon on the said appeal day
to the party whose qualifications are to be challenged.

(Bj A general registration, under the provisions of this
Act, of all voters residing in the said town shall be had before
the Municipal Election to be held on the first Monday in May,
1922. Such general registration shall thereafter be held at
such times as the Council may by ordinance direct; provided,
however, that in no case shall more than five years elapse be-
tween any such general registration and the next succeeding
general registration. The Council shall appoint a sufficient
number of registration officers to conduct registrations with the
least possible delay and inconvenience to applicants applying
for registration; and the Council may by ordinance direct
officers of registration to sit for the registration of qualified
voters on such additional days as may in the judgment of the
Council be necessary; provided, however, that nothing herein
contained shall be deemed to relieve the officers of registration
from sitting on the days and the hours herein specifically pro-
vided.

(C) The Council is authorized and directed to fix the com-
pensation of such officers of registration, and to pay such com-
pensation and all other expense incident to the registration
herein provided for.

(D) The Council is further authorized to promulgate, by
ordinance, rules and regulations not inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act, relating to the registration herein pro-
vided.

(E) Any person who shall wilfully swear falsely before
such registration officers in order to procure his name, or that
of any other person to be removed from or placed on the regis-
tration list, shall be guilty of the crime of perjury, and shall
be liable for presentment and indictment therefor in the Cir-
cuit Court of Montgomery County, and on conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00),
or be confined in the penitentiary of the State for not exceed-
ing One (1) year, or may be both fined and imprisoned, in the
discretion of the Court.

Section 5. (A) The Council shall meet at some conven-
ient place in said town on or before the first Monday in June
next succeeding their election, and as often thereafter as may