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HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 167
son so appointed is eligible, to the office of Commissioner
under the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 11. And be it further enacted:
(A) That for the purpose of determining whether the
residents of the Town of District Heights desire to incor-
porate, there shall be held an election in said town, between
the hours of 7 o'clock P. M. and 10 o'clock P. M., on the first
Monday in May, in the year 1936.
(B) That Preston W. Marshall, Samuel A. Mitchell,
and George W. Shipley are hereby appointed to be and con-
stitute a Board of Election Supervisors for the purpose of
conducting such election and declaring the result thereof.
(C) That within ten (10) days, (including Sundays
and holidays), after this Act is approved, the persons
named in Paragraph B of this Section shall take oath before
a Justice of the Peace, or other officer or person, (including
a Notary Public), authorized by law to administer oaths
in Prince George's County, that they will faithfully and
impartially conduct such election.
(D) That if any of the persons named in Paragraph B
of this Section shall die or fail to qualify, such election shall
be conducted by the remaining person or persons named in
Paragraph B of this Section who may fill any vacancy in
the membership of the Board of Election Supervisors by
appointing some other resident or residents of said town
to any such vacancy or vacancies. Any such appointment
shall be evidenced by a writing, and any person so ap-
pointed shall, within three (3) days of his said appoint-
ment, qualify by taking the oath referred to in Paragraph
C of this Section.
(E) That not less than ten (10) days, (including Sun-
days and holidays), before such election, said Board of
Election Supervisors appointed by this Section, or their
successors, shall post in five (5) public places, within the
limits of said town, a notice notifying the residents of said
town that there shall be held, on the day and between the
hours named in Paragraph A of this Section, an election
to determine whether or not said residents of said town
desire to incorporate and adopt this Charter. Said notice
shall also specify the place where such election shall be
conducted. Said Board of Election Supervisors may select
any place or places within the limits of said town.
(F) That said Board of Election Supervisors shall pro-
vide booths, ballot boxes and ballots. The ballots, which
shall be printed, shall contain the words "FOR INCOR-
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