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1110 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 543
visions of the next succeeding section of this Charter, shall
be entitled to vote in municipal elections in the said town,
and no person shall vote in any such municipal election whose
name shall not be so certified; provided, however, that this
section and the next succeeding section shall not apply to
special elections held under the provisions of Section 960Gr
of this Charter. The residents of said town whose names shall
be so certified, are hereby designated as the "voters of the
town", and by that designation are hereinafter named in this
Act, and they shall on the first Monday in May, 1939,
elect three persons not less than twenty-five years of age as
Councilmen, who, together with the three Councilmen elected
at the last general election, shall constitute the Council, all
of whom shall have resided in the said town at least one year
previous to their election and be voters of the town and prop-
erty owners therein. Thereafter on the first Monday in May
every two years beginning with the first Monday in May, 1940,
six persons possessing the qualifications herein enumerated
shall be elected as Councilmen; and one person at least thirty
years of age, possessing the qualifications herein enumerated
shall be elected as Mayor of the said town. The Mayor and
the Councilmen shall serve for two years, beginning with the
first Monday in June ensuing after their election; provided,
however, that the three Councilmen who shall be elected on
the first Monday in May, 1939, shall serve for a term of one
year beginning with the first Monday in June ensuing after
their election.
Beginning with the election to be held on the first Monday
in May, 1940, and every second year thereafter, the Mayor and
Councilmen shall be elected at large; two Councilmen shall be
elected form the Fourth Precinct of the Thirteenth Election
District of Montgomery County within the town; two council-
men shall be elected from the Sixth Precinct of the Thirteenth
Election District of Montgomery County within the town; one
Councilman shall be elected from the Ninth Precinct of the
Thirteenth Election District of Montgomery County within the
town; and one Councilman shall be elected from the Fourth
Precinct of the Chillum Election District of Prince George's
County within the town.
The Council, by ordinance, shall provide for said elections;
shall designate in said ordinance a convenient polling place;
shall appoint Judges and Clerks of Election; provide the
official ballots; and conduct said elections in accordance with
the provisions of sub-sections C. D. E. F and G of this section.
For purposes of convenience in voting in town elections, the
judges and clerks of election shall enter in alphabetical order
on cards which the Council shall provide, the names, addresses,
and election precincts of all persons whose names shall ap-
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