1070 LAWS or MARYLAND. [CH. 406

tion 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 existing, 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 to be held. Said three (3) commissioners 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 successors 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 years in the manner
and form herein specified, that is the next election for Com-
missioners 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 election, after
the Commissioners of Ellicott City have been elected, shall
be made by the President of the Commissioners of Ellicott
City, and notice of such election shall be given 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, the place and the
purpose of said election. The time of said election shall be from
eight o'clock A. M. to seven o'clock P. M.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 67, 70,

71 and 81B, of Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland, title "Howard County", sub-title "Ellicott City",
as said Sections were enacted by Chapter 836 of the Acts of
1914, be, and the same are hereby, repealed and re-enacted
with amendments, so as to read as follows:

67. The Commissioners of Ellicott City may pass all ordin-
ances necessary to preserve the health of said City; to
prevent and remove nuisances; to suppress gambling; to license
public amusements not taxed by the State; to open and keep
open streets, lanes and alleys with the consent of the owners
of the land through which the same may pass, or by paying
damages therefor, which damages in all cases when property
is condemned for City purposes shall be determined by a jury