ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 585

election. Should there be a tie vote between any candidates at
any election held under the provisions of this Act, the Judges
of said election shall determine and declare, if it should be
necessary, which of such candidates shall be returned elected
Town Commissioner or Town Commissioners and they shall
make their returns accordingly. Any candidate or candidates
for Town Commissioners of Cobb Island or any other voter of
said town feeling himself or themselves aggrieved at the result
of said election as declared, charging fraud or irregularity on
the part of the election officials, in the allowing of persons to
vote not entitled to vote, or in refusing the right to vote to per-
sons entitled to vote, or in the manner of conducting said elec-
tion, or in the counting of said ballots, or in the making of the
returns of said election, or in doing any other act to defeat the
will of the qualified voters, may appeal from the decisions of
the Judges of Election within thirty days from the day of the
holding of any such election to the Judges of the 'Circuit Court
for Charles County; and said Judges of the Circuit Court for
said Charles County are given jurisdiction to hear and deter-
mine all such contests. The manner of appeal shall be by
petition accompanied by an affidavit of the petitioner or peti-
tioners setting forth the grounds of appeal; and the said Cir-
cuit Court for Charles County shall proceed forthwith in a
summary way and with or without answer, or pleading techni-
cally, to take testimony orally, or otherwise, to hear and deter-
mine the matter of said contest, and declare who was or were
the duly elected Town Commissioner or Town Commissioners
of Cobb Island, and certify its judgment to the Town Com-
missioners of the said town of Cobb Island.

The judgment of the Circuit Court for Charles County,
when so certified to the Town Commissioners of said town, shall
be spread upon the minutes of the proceedings of the said Town
Commissioners, whereupon the said Town Commissioners shall
in accordance with the judgment of the Circuit Court for
Charles County, declare what person or persons are the duly
elected Town Commissioners of Cobb Island,

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said Town Com-
missioners shall meet in said town on the first Monday in June
next succeeding their election, and as often thereafter as may
be necessary, to discharge the duties of their office, not less
however, than once in every three months.