168 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 61

PORATION" on one line, with a blank square opposite at
the right on the same line, and the words "AGAINST IN-
CORPORATION" on another line, with a blank square
opposite at the right of line; and all qualified voters desir-
ing to vote for incorporation and the adoption of this
Charter shall place a cross mark (X) in the square oppo-
site the words "FOR INCORPORATION, " and all qualified
voters desiring to vote against incorporation and against
adoption of this Charter shall place a cross mark (X) in
the square opposite the words "AGAINST INCORPORA-
TION. "

(G) That every citizen of the United States who shall
have attained the age of twenty-one (21) years, and who
resides within the limits of the proposed town, shall be
eligible to vote at such election upon taking and subscrib-
ing, before a member of the Board of Election Supervisors,
(each of which said members of said Board are hereby
authorized to administer oaths for this purpose), an oath
as follows: "I.............................................................................. do hereby sol-
emnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States, and
that I have been a resident of the proposed Town of Dis-
trict Heights, Maryland, for a period of six (6) months.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this............................. day of

................................................. 1936.

Member of the Board of Election
Supervisors. "

No person who shall fail or refuse to take and subscribe
such oath shall be eligible to vote at such election, and any
person who swears to anything that is false, in taking and
subscribing such oath, shall be guilty of the crime of per-
jury and subject to the penalties provided by the law of
the State of Maryland.

(H) That, for the convenience of the residents of said
town, and for the convenience of said Board of Election
Supervisors, such Board may permit such oath, (referred
to in Paragraph G of this Section), to be taken and sub-
scribed prior to the day of such election. But no person
shall be required to take and subscribe such oath, nor shall
said Board be required to administer such oath, prior to
the day of such election.