1332 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 650

Glenarden Heights, in Prince George's County, Maryland, are
hereby made a body corporate by the name of "Mayor and
Common Council of Glenarden", and by that name may have
perpetual succession, sue and be sued, have and use a common
seal, purchase, hold, sell, lease, mortgage, pledge and dispose
of real, personal and mixed property for the benefit of said
town.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the boundaries of
said town shall be the boundaries of the subdivisions of Glen-
arden and of Glenarden Heights, and shown by the plats of
said subdivisons duly recorded among the Land Records for
Prince George's County, Maryland.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all citizens of the
United States of the age of 21 years or over, who shall have re-
sided within the limits of said town not less than one year imme-
diately preceding any regular town election, shall be entitled
to register, and thereafter to vote at any election held in said
town under the provisions of any act requiring an election to
be held in said town for any town purpose whatsoever, so
long as they remain on the registration books of said town.
Upon loss of citizenship or actual removal from said town a
voters name shall be stricken from the registration books. The
registration books and ballots, and the manner of registering
and voting and of striking names from the registration books,
shall be substantially the same as is provided by the General
Election Laws of Maryland, except as modified by this Act.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the government
of said town shall be vested in the Mayor and Common Coun-
cil, composed of the Mayor and four councilmen to be elected
at large as hereinafter provided, each of whom shall be a reg-
istered voter of said town and own real property in said town
in his or her own name or jointly with spouse to the assessed
value of at least Five Hundred Dollars, or be purchasing real
property in said town, assessed at Five Hundred Dollars or
more, under a contract recorded among the Land Records of
Prince George's County, and in which property such person
individually or jointly with spouse shall have an equity of at
least Five Hundred Dollars, and who shall have resided
within the corporate limits of said town for at least one year
next preceding such election, and shall be an actual resident
thereof at the time of election. If, at any time, such person
shall remove from the town, or cease to have an equity of at
least Five Hundred Dollars in real estate of said town, his or
her office shall automatically become vacant.