800 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 270

phabetical order in proper and convenient books, to be provided
by the Council, the names of all persons applying for registra-
tion who are entitled to vote under the provisions of this Char-
ter; and for the purpose of ascertaining the facts, the said offi-
cers of registration are hereby empowered to administer oaths
to applicants and witnesses, touching the qualifications of ap-
plicants for registration under the terms of this Charter. Such
officers of registration shall sit, with their official books, for
registration of qualified applicants, from 8 A. M. to 6 P. M. on
the Tuesday and Wednesday preceding every municipal elec-
tion, a right of challenge and of presentation of facts relating
to qualifications, and a right to appeal to the Council from the
decision of the registration officers is hereby granted to any per-
son or persons aggrieved by the decision of such officers. The
Council shall sit between the hours of 8 P. M. and 10 P. M. on
the Thursday before the election, and at such other times as
may be necessary prior to the election, to hear such appeals, if
any, and the evidence relative thereto. The decision of the
Council on such appeals shall be final. The Council shall give
at least five days' notice of the time and place of sitting of the
officers of registration, by means of handbills, posted in at least
ten conspicuous places in said town, or by advertisements in one
or more newspapers of general circulation in the said town.
The said officers of registration, as soon as their sittings are
finished, shall forthwith transmit to the Clerk of the said town,
an alphabetical list of the persons registered at such sittings.
The said Clerk shall, on the same day, post in his office a copy
of such alphabetical list of the persons registered as aforesaid,
so as to be available for public inspection.

A general registration of all voters residing in the said town
shall be had before the first Municipal Election to be held under
the provisions of this Act. Such general registration shall
thereafter be held at such times as the Council may by ordi-
nance direct; provided, however, that in no ease shall more
than five years elapse between any such general registration
and the next succeeding general registration. The Council shall
appoint three registration officers to conduct registrations with
the least possible delay and inconvenience to applicants apply-
ing for registration; and the Council may by ordinance direct
officers of registration to sit for the registration of qualified voters
on such additional days as may in the judgment of the Council
be necessary; provided, however, that nothing herein contained
shall be deemed to relieve the officers of registration from sitting
on the days and the hours herein specifically provided.