ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR, 469

before noon on the said appeal day to the party whose qualifica-
tions are to be challenged.

(B) A general registration shall be held at such times as the
Council may by ordinance direct; provided, however, that in
no case shall more than ten years elapse between any such
general registration and the next succeeding general registra-
tion. The Council shall appoint a sufficient number of regis-
tration officers to conduct registrations with the least possible
delay and inconvenience to applicants applying for registra-
tion; and the Council may direct officers of registration to sit
for the registration of qualified voters at such additional times
as may in the judgment of the Council be necessary; provided,
however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to re-
lieve the officers of registration from sitting on the days and
hours herein specifically provided.

(C) The Council is authorized and directed to fix the
compensation of such officers of registration, and to pay such
compensation and all other expense incident to the registration
herein provided for.

(D) The Council is further authorized to promulgate, by
ordinance, rules and regulations not inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act, relating to the registration herein provided.

(E) Any person who shall wilfully swear falsely before
such registration officers in order to procure his name, or that
of any other person to be removed from or placed on the
registration list, shall be guilty of the crime of perjury, and
shall be liable for presentment and indictment therefor in
the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, and on conviction
thereof shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars
($100. 00) or be confined in the penitentiary of the State for
not exceeding One (1) year, or may be both fined and im-
prisoned, in the discretion of the Court.

5. (A) The Council shall meet at some convenient place
in said town on or before the first Monday in June next suc-
ceeding their election, and as often thereafter as may be neces-
sary to discharge the duties of their office; not less, however,
than once in every month. A majority of the Council shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the
Council shall pass rules and by-laws for their own government
while in session; upon a tie vote the vote of the Mayor shall be
deciding; in the absence of the Mayor at any meeting the mem-