1544 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 680

CHAPTER 680.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
156, 158, 159, 159-B, 159-I, 159-J, 159-L, 159-M, 159-O,
159-W and 164 of Article 22, of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Washington County, sub-title
"Hagerstown," as the same were enacted, repealed and re-
enacted by Chapter 36 of the Acts of Assembly of 1892,
Chapter 27 of the Acts of Assembly of 1896, Chapter 19 of
the Acts of Assembly, 1916, Chapter 4 of the Acts of As-
sembly of 1920, and Chapter 58 of the Acts of Assembly
of 1924; amending the Charter of Hagerstown.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 156, 158, 159, 159-B, 159-I, 159-J, 159-L,
159-M, 159-0, .159-W and 164 of Article 22, of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Washington County,"
sub-title "Hagerstown," as the same were enacted, repealed
and re-enacted by Chapter 36 of the Acts of Assembly of 1892,
Chapter 27 of the Acts of Assembly of 1896, Chapter 19 of
the Acts of Assembly, 1916, Chapter 4 of the Acts of Assembly
of 1920, and Chapter 58 of the Acts of Assembly of 1924, be
and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted to read as fol-
lows :

SEC. 156. Be it enacted, That the citizens of Hagerstown
of the age of twenty-one years, and upwards who shall be first
duly registered as hereinafter prescribed and who have resided
in the ;State of Maryland and in said town for twelve months
perceding the election, shall on the fourth Monday of March,
in the year 1929, and not before, and upon the same day every
foiur years thereafter, elect by ballot a person not under twen-
ty-five years of age, a citizen of the United States, and five years
a resident of said town as now constituted (and as enlarged by
Chapter 257 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land passed at its January Session 1914 next preceding the
election), to be Mayor of said town; he shall take the oath of
office as hereinafter prescribed for town officers, and remain
in office until his successor is elected and qualified. All elec-
tions shall be by ballot, and no person shall be entitled to vote
at any election who is not duly registered as hereinafter pro-
vided. And the term of the present Mayor is hereby extended
until said election in 1929.

SEC. 158. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Mayor, by virtue of his office, shall preside at
all meetings of the council and in case of a tie, except in the