HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 69

year from 7: 30 to 10 o'clock P. M. for the purpose of receiv-
ing certificates for nomination for Mayor and Councilmen,
which said nominations shall be in writing, signed by not
less than twenty qualified voters of said town, and no signa-
ture shall be counted if it be upon more than one nomina-
tion paper of a candidate for Mayor, or upon more than
five nomination papers of candidates for Councilmen. No
certificates of nomination shall be received by the said
Board of Election Supervisors after the said meeting of
the Supervisors for purpose of receiving such certificates
of nomination, as hereinbefore provided except that in the
event of any vacancies occurring in nominations for Mayor
and Councilmen, either by declination, death, or any other
cause, the same may be filed in the manner herein pro-
vided, at any time prior to the Tuesday before the day of
any election, general or special, held hereunder. No names
shall be printed on the official ballot not presented to said
Board of Election Supervisors in the manner herein pro-
vided.

Suitable ballot boxes and polling places shall be provided
by the Mayor and Common Council. Immediately upon the
closing of the polls the ballots shall be publicly counted and
the said judges shall make a true and correct return of the
votes so cast, shall seal the same and shall within two days
thereafter return the same to the Mayor and Common
Council or the Clerk thereof. Within ten days after said
election the Mayor and Common Council shall meet and
canvass the said returns and shall declare those persons
receiving the highest number of votes for the respective
offices voted upon elected, and shall record a copy thereof
among their proceedings.

In the event of a tie vote for any office, there shall be an
election on the fourth Monday in May for the office or offices
so tied. The terms of all elective officers shall begin on the
first Monday in June next succeeding the election. The
Mayor and Councilmen elected in May 1936 and those
elected to fill said offices hereafter shall each serve for two
years or until his, or their, successor, or successors, shall
have qualified.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 7 of Chap-
ter 197 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1931, be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments to read as follows:

SEC. 7. On the same day on which the Mayor and Com-
mon Council is to be elected under this Act, and on each