ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1177

before said election they shall post in five or more public places
within the proposed boundaries of said town notices notifying
the citizens of said town who are qualified under this act to
vote that there will be held on said day at a certain place and
between certain hours an election to determine whether said
citizens will adopt this charter. The said committee shall
provide ballot boxes, booths and ballots which shall contain the
words, "For incorporation" on one line, and "Against incorpo-
ration" on another line, with squares opposite each. Such
election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable as an elec-
tion for county officers in said county. Said committee shall
appoint three judges and two clerks, or they may themselves
serve as judges and appoint two clerks, who shall conduct said
election, and upon the closing of said polls shall canvass said
vote publicly and publicly announce the results of said canvass.
In the event of a majority of said voters being for incorpora-
tion, this charter shall become immediately operative, and
thereupon the same committee shall on the first Monday in
July, 1924. hold an election for Major, Treasurer and four
Councilmen, as hereinbefore provided for. For the purpose
of election to determine whether or not the powers hereinbefore
mentioned shall be granted to the citizens of the proposed town
of Colmar Manor, all citizens twenty-one years of age or over,
who reside within the limits of the said district shall be quali-
fied to vote at said election, and the committee above named
shall have the power to appoint two of its members for the
purpose of registration of said citizens, and who shall have
for this purpose all the powers of registration officers for any
election in Prince George's County.

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public safety and health, and being
passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two houses of the Gen-
eral Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 481.

AN ACT to add a new section to Chapter 354 of the Acts of
1910, the said Act relating to the County Treasurer of
Charles County, said new section to be known as Section 9A