ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 467

(F) If the initials of the Clerk of Election shall not ap-
pear on the back of said ballot it shall not be placed in the
ballot box, but shall be rejected and kept by the Judges and
Clerk of Election in a separate place. If any ballot be
spoiled by a voter he may surrender same and receive from
said Clerk a second ballot to be voted. Rejected ballots shall
not be counted by the Judges of Election, but shall be pre-
served by the said Judges and the Clerk of Election. The
Judges of Election shall transmit all ballots counted by them,
and all such rejected ballots, as a part of their report of the
election, to the Council. Such reports of election shall be
filed as part of the official records of the said town; provided,
however, that the Council may in their discretion direct that
such ballots be destroyed at any time after the expiration of two
years from the election at which such ballots were cast.

(G) The Council shall receive all election returns, and
within ten days after said election shall declare the result
thereof. They shall determine all questions arising thereon;
and any person conceiving himself aggrieved by reason of
such decision may appeal to the Circuit Court of Montgomery
County, which shall hear and determine the same, and deter-
mine who shall pay the costs of appeal. In case of a tie at
any election for Mayor and members of the Council, another
election shall be held, after ten days⁷ notice, pursuant to the
provisions foregoing in regard to elections. In case of any
vacancy in the office of the Mayor or Councilmen by death,
resignation or removal from the town, said vacancy shall be
filled by a vote of the Council until the next election for mem-
bers of the Council.

(II) The Mayor shall receive compensation of $1, 200 per
annum and each Councilman compensation of $300 per annum,
payable in equal monthly allotments; provided, however, that
said compensation shall not be effective until first submitted
to the qualified voters of the town and approved by a majority
of those voting thereon. Said question may be submitted for
decision at any municipal election and shall appear upon the
ballot in the form "Shall the Mayor and Councilmen be com-
pensated at the rate of $1, 200 and $300 each, per annum, re-
spectively, " followed by the words "yes" and "no, " with a
square after each, the voter to register his choice by making
a cross mark (X) in the square opposite the word expressing
his judgment. Should the compensation be approved by a
majority of those voting thereon said compensation shall be