ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 163

CHAPTER 83.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
135, 136, 143 and 163A of Article 1 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title, "Allegany County, " sub-
title, "Frostburg, " relating to the number and term of office
of Councilmen, registration and elections in said city, and
providing for submitting the same to the legally qualified
voters of said town.

SECTION 1. Be U enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 135, 136, 143 and 163A of Article 1 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title, "Alle-
gany County, " sub-title. "Frostburg, " be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendment, to read as follows:

135. There shall be six Councilmen, three of whom shall
be elected on the first Tuesday of April in the year 1924,
by the persons qualified to vote for Mayor as prescribed by
the preceding section, and each Councilman so elected shall
hold office for one year. After the year 1924 there shall
be four Councilmen, all of whom shall be elected on the
first Tuesday in April, 1925, and biennially thereafter by
the persons qualified to vote for Mayor as prescribed by the
preceding section, and each Councilman so elected shall
hold office for two years. Said Councilmen shall be citi-
zens of the United States, residents of said town for one
year next preceding their election, and qualified to vote at such
election in Allegany County, to be paid by the town; and the
time of their election and during their full term of office each
own real estate or personal property in said town of the as-
sessed value of at least one hundred dollars; provided, that
nothing herein contained shall affect the Councilmen whose
term of office has not yet expired.

136. The Mayor and Councilmen of Frostburg, for each
municipal election, shall appoint three judges of election for
each of the said wards, who shall have power to appoint clerks
and conduct elections in all respects as elections have hereto-
fore been conducted in said town under the provisions of
Chapter 77 of the Acts of 1870, opening the polls at nine
o'clock in the morning and closing them at seven o'clock in
the evening; and the said judges and clerks of election shall
receive the same compensation as the judges and clerks of
election in the ward in which they reside; they shall at the