1256 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 631

within the limits of the proposed town, shall be eligible to
vote at such election upon taking and subscribing, before a
member of the Board of Election Supervisors, (each of which
said members of said Board are hereby authorized to admin-
ister oaths for this purpose), an oath as follows: "I..........

do hereby solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United
States, and that I have been a resident of the proposed Town
of Hillside, Maryland, for a period of six (6) months.

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

.......... 193.....

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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 perjury
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 oaths, (referred to in Paragraph
G of this section), to be taken and subscribed 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 ad-
minister such oath prior to the day of such election.

(I) That, upon the closing of the polls, said Board of Elec-
tion Supervisors shall count the votes and publicly announce
the result of such election.

(J) That, within one (1) week after publicly announcing
the result of such election, said Board of Election Supervisors
shall make a certificate, to be sworn to by each member of
said Board before a Justice of the Peace, or other officer or
person, (including a Notary Public), authorized to administer
oaths in Prince George's County, stating the result of such
election, and the number of votes east for, and the number of
votes cast against, incorporation. One such certificate, or a
certified copy thereof, shall be filed by said Board of Election
Supervisors with the Secretary of the State of Maryland, and
another such certificate, or a certified copy thereof, shall be
filed by said Board among the records of said town (in the
event that this Charter is adopted). Failure on the part of
said Board of Election Supervisors to make or tile such cer-
tificate shall in no wise affect the validity of such election.

(K) That if in such election a greater number of persons
shall vote "For Incorporation" than shall vote "Against In-
corporation, " this Charter shall become immediately effective
and operative.