1334 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 650

all of the names noted as above set out, and after hearing
such evidence as may be presented before them, shall determ-
ine whether such name shall remain upon said books, or
shall be stricken off, and in case they shall decide that any of
such names shall be stricken off, they shall draw a line in red
ink through such names on the registration books, and shall
write in red ink at the end of said line the words "stricken
off" and the date. Any person desiring to become a candidate
for Mayor or Councilman shall at least ten days before elec-
tion, file or cause to be filed with one of the Supervisors of
Election a petition stating that he or she is a candidate for
the office, and reciting the numbers of the liber and folio
where the deed or contract referred to in the preceding sec-
tion is recorded among the Land Records of Prince George's
County, which petition shall be signed by such candidate, and
indorsed by at least fifteen persons entitled to vote in the
next town election. Upon the filing of such petitions, the
Mayor and Common Council shall print such persons names
upon the ballot with a square opposite each, the names of the
candidates for Mayor to be in one group and appearing in
alphabetical order, and with the instruction to the voters to
"vote for one", and the candidates for councilman to be in
another group with the names appearing in alphabetical
order and with the instruction to the voters to "vote for four. "
At least five days before any election the said Mayor and
Common Council shall cause to be posted in ten or more pub-
lic places in said town notices of said election, designating
the place of voting, the hours the polls are open, and the
names of the Judges and Clerks, and the names of the candi-
dates for the respective offices. Immediately upon the closing
of the polls the ballots shall be publicly counted and the Super-
visors of Election shall within two days thereafter make a
true and correct return of the votes so cast in a sealed en-
velope to the Mayor, and within seven days after such election
the Mayor and Common Council shall meet and canvass said
returns and declare those qualified persons receiving the high-
est number of votes for their respective offices duly elected.
In case two or more persons shall have received the same num-
ber of votes so that there is no choice for office, the Mayor
and Common Council shall cast the deciding vote and declare
which one of the tied candidates are elected.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Councilmen elected shall hold office for one year from the sec-
ond Monday in May or until their successors shall be elected
or appointed, and qualified as herein provided. In case any
person elected Mayor or Councilman shall fail to qualify
within thirty days after election day, or in case of any va-