ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  557

the said election, shall provide ballot boxes, booths and ballots
which shall contain the words "For Incorporation" on one
line, and "Against Incorporation" on another line, with squares
opposite each.

Said election shall be conducted, as nearly as practicable,
as an election for county officers of Prince George's County.
Said committee shall act as the Board of Election Supervisors
and conduct said election, and upon the closing of said polls
shall canvass said vote publicly and publicly announce the
result of said canvass. Said Board of Election Supervisors
shall have full power to deny a ballot to any applicant not
entitled to vote under the provisions of this Act.

For the purpose of election to determine whether or not
incorporate powers hereinbefore mentioned shall be granted
to the citizens of Cheverly, all citizens qualified to vote under
Section 16 of this Act shall be qualified to vote at said election.

In the event of a majority of said votes being for incorpora-
tion, this charter shall become immediately operative and there-
upon the same committee shall, on the first Monday in May,
1931, or as soon thereafter as practicable, hold an election for
Mayor and four Councilmen, which election shall be conducted
in the same manner and with the same powers as in the elec-
tion for incorporation.

At the first election of town officers hereinbefore in this sec-
tion provided for, the two Councilmen elected who shall re-
ceive the largest number of votes cast shall hold office for two
years, or until their successors in office are elected and quali-
fied, and the two Councilmen elected who shall receive the
lesser number of votes cast shall hold office for one year, or
until their successors in office are elected and qualified. In
case of a tie vote another election shall be held as soon as prac-
ticable to elect one of the candidates so tied.

SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That if any clause,
sentence, paragraph or section of this Act shall, for any reason,
be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be un-
constitutional or invalid, such adjudication shall not affect or
impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined
in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph or section
thereof so found unconstitutional or invalid. If any clause,
sentence, paragraph or section of this Act shall, for any reason,
be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be un-
constitutional or invalid, in any particular application, and
the said clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this sub-title