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Session Laws, 1924
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ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1267

the recall of said commissioner, and in the event the majority
are in favor of said recall the office of said commissioner shall
be declared by the said commissioners vacant, and the vacancy
filled by a special election as provided for in this charter in
the case of general elections.

SEC. 17. That for the purposes of determining whether
the citizens of said Berwyn Heights desire to incorporate there
shall be held an election on May 6, 1924. under the super-
vision of the committee hereinafter named, the manner and
procedure of which shall be as follows:

The committee to conduct such election shall consist of W. H.
Willard, J. C. Loveless and J. R Brelsford as judges of elec-
tion, and Fred Frost and J. G. Hunt as clerks; and if any of
said committee are unable or decline to serve, the remaining
members of said committee are empowered to select some resi-
dent voter of said town to fill his place.

The qualifications of voters on the referendum election shall
be the same as those hereinbefore set forth in regard to general
elections.

The said committee shall not less than five days before said
referendum election post in five conspicuous places in said
town a written or printed notice notifying all the residents of
said town who are qualified to vote under this act that an elec-
tion will be held on the date fixed in this Act at a certain
place and between certain hours, which notice shall contain
the said date, the hours that the polls will remain open and
the location of the polling place or places, and a statement that
the election is to be held for the purpose of deciding whether
or not to adopt this charter and form an incorporated town.

The said committee shall provide and furnish the place or
places where such election shall be held, the booths, ballot
boxes and a sufficient number of printed ballots upon which
on one line the words "For Incorporation" shall be printed,
and on another line the words "Against Incorporation. " with
squares opposite each.

Said election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable as
an election for county officers is conducted in all points not
specially provided for in this Act, and on the closing of the
polls the said committee shall canvass said votes and publicly
announce the result of the said canvass. In the event that a
majority of the votes east are for incorporation, this Act shall
immediately become effective, and in the event that a majority

 

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