ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 805

sub-title "Pocomoke City, " and to enact in lieu thereof 19
new sections, to be known as Sections 255, 256, 256-A, 257,
258, 259, 260, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 269, 271,
272, 275, 276 and 278 of said Article, and to add a new
section to said Article, to be known as Section 279-A, and
to follow immediately after Section 279 of said Article, all
relating to the Charter of Pocomoke City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, Thai, Sections 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 262,
263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 269, 271, 272, 275, 276 and 278
of Article 24 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland (Staton's
Edition), title "Worcester County, " sub-title "Pocomoke
City, " be and the same are hereby repealed; and that 19
new sections be and they are hereby enacted in lieu thereof,
to be known as Sections 255, 256, 256-A, 257, 258, 259, 260,
262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 269, 271, 272, 275, 276 and
278; and that a new section be and it is hereby added to
said Article, to be known as Section 279-A, to follow imme-
diately after Section 279 of said Article, and all to read as

follows:

255. The corporate authority, government, rights, powers
and prerogatives of the said town shall be vested in and be
exercised by one person, who shall be Mayor of said town,
and three persons, who shall be Councilmen, all of whom
shall be elected as hereinafter provided, and possess the quali-
fications hereinafter set forth; no one shall be eligible to be
elected to the office of Mayor unless on the day of the election
whereon he or she is elected he or she shall be a qualified
voter to vote at the municipal election of said town and is at
least thirty years of age and unless for one year next preced-
ing the election he or she has been and is, at the time of the
election, assessed on the tax books of said town with, and
is the owner of, real estate of the value of at least five hun-
dred dollars and if only a part owner then such part interest
must be of the value according to such assessment of at least
five hundred dollars; and no person shall be eligible to the
office of Councilman unless at the date of such election he
or she shall be a qualified voter as aforesaid and unless for
one year next preceding the election he or she has been and
is, at the time of the election, assessed on the tax books of
said town with and is the owner of real estate of the value of
at least three hundred dollars and if only a part owner then