584 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 214

some newspaper or newspapers published in Charles County
or by both hand bills posted as aforesaid, and by publication
as aforesaid of the election to be held for Town Commission-
ers of Cobb Island in that year, naming the house of place
to be selected by them at which said election shall be held
and the hours the polls shall be opened and closed respec-
tively, and they shall ten days before such election, appoint
three persons as judges who shall conduct the election; the
polls shall be opened at 2 o'clock P. M., and close at 6 o'clock
P. M.; if any of such judges of election shall refuse or de-
cline or be unable to act as such the Town Commissioners
shall fill the vacancy. Should any of such judges fail to ap-
pear at the time and place for opening the polls and holding
the election the remaining judge or judges shall fill the va-
cancy; the said judges shall serve without pay, and shall
promptly make their returns to the Town Commissioners,
certifying and declaring what persons shall have been elected
Town Commissioners of Cobb Island at said election, and the
Town Commissioners to whom such returns are made shall
determine all questions arising upon said returns, and shall
cause the said certificate and declarations of the said judges of
elections to be recorded among the records of the corporation;
the first election held under this Act shall be held on the first
Monday in May, in the year 1930.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the voting at all
elections held under the provisions of this Act shall be by ballot,
on which shall be printed or written the names of the persons
and no more, possessing the qualifications for Town Com-
missioners as prescribed in this Act, and no other Avoids, let-
ters, figures, signs or symbols shall be printed or written
upon said ballots; no other ballot than those herein prescribed
shall be received or counted by the Judges of Election. The
ballots shall be received by the Judges, one of whom shall place
the ballot in a box provided for that purpose, and another of
whom shall write upon paper provided for the purpose, the
name of each voter whose ballot is received; immediately after
the close of the polls the ballots shall be taken from the box, one
by one, counted and tallied by the Judges of Election; the
papers containing the names of the voters and tally as afore-
said, shall constitute a part of the returns of the Judges of any
election. The three candidates or persons voted for at any elec-
tion, receiving the highest number of legal votes cast shall be
declared Town Commissioners of Cobb Island elected at that