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quired to perform all the duties authorized or required to be
done by the Mayor and Council under this Act, and they shall
continue in office until November 15, 1924, and until their suc-
cessors are elected and qualified.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said Council of North
Beach shall at least ten days prior to the first Tuesday follow-
ing the first Monday in November, 1924, and biennially there-
after give notice of the time and place of holding an election for
Mayor. Treasurer, and Councilmen by posting printed or type-
written notices in five conspicuous places in the said town, and
shall also publish such notice in some newspaper published in
Calvert County, Maryland, and in one published in Washington,
D. C., one insertion, at least three weeks prior to said election;
said judges of election, herein before provided for, shall before
acting as such take an oath before the Mayor or some justice of
the peace of Calvert County, Maryland, to allow all persons to
vote who are qualified to vote under this act, and to allow none
to vote unless so qualified.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the polls shall be kept open
from 7 o'clock A. M. until 7 o'clock P. M. of said election day.
The Judges shall, after the closing of the polls, carefully count
the ballots cast, and within two days after the said election make
a true and correct return of the same under their hands to the
Council, and shall issue certificates of election to the person ap-
pearing from said returns to have received the highest number
of votes for Mayor, and the person receiving the highest number
of votes for Treasurer, and the six persons receiving the highest
number of votes for Councilmen, and the said certificates shall
be recorded among the records of the proceedings of the Town
Council, and the persons who shall respectively receive the high-
est number of votes shall be Mayor, Treasurer, and Councilmen
for the said town for the ensuing years or until their successors
are duly elected and qualified.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That in case a vote be challenged,
the judges of election shall forthwith hear and pass upon the
qualifications of such persons as an elector under this Act. An
appeal may be taken from the decision of the judges to the Coun-
cil, which shall, for the purpose of considering such appeals, be
in session on election day from 4 o'clock P. M. until the closing
of the polls.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That in case of a tie among
those receiving the votes of the electors which shall preclude a