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ducting the election in the ward for which they are appointed,
conduct the election for such other ward or wards. The polls
shall be open from the hour of nine o'clock A. M. to the hour
of seven o'clock P. M., when they shall be closed, and no
ballots shall be deposited in the ballot box after that time.
The said judges and clerks shall conduct such elections, can-
vass the ballots and certify the results in the manner pre-
scribed by the General Election Laws of this State for State
and county elections, except that said judges and clerks shall
within twenty-four hours after the closing of the polls in each
election deliver into the hands of the Mayor one certificate
or return of the result of the canvass of the ballots cast in
the election, together with the tally sheet, and shall deliver
another certificate or return of the result of said canvass, to-
gether with the other tally sheet, into the hands of the chair-
man of the Council, and shall deliver the ballot box contain-
ing the ballots, properly sealed, to the clerk of the Council
in person.

Approved April 5, 1927.

CHAPTER 169.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact Section 301 of the Code of
Local Laws of Prince George's County, Maryland, codified
by Marion Duckett and Thomas Van Clagett, defining the
duties of the Town Treasurer of the Mayor and Common
Council of Hyattsville', and limiting his compensation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 301 of the Code of Local Laws of
Prince George's County, Maryland, codified by Marion Duckett
and Thomas Van Clagett, be, and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Section 301. The treasurer shall make all collections of
taxes and receive all money paid for the use: and benefit of said
corporation; he shall keep an account of the receipts and dis-
bursements of the funds of the corporation, in a well bound
book, to be provided by the said Mayor and Common Council
for that purpose, and shall render the account to the Mayor
and Common Council when required by them, for all moneys