1342 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 650

and Samuel Lewis and William Thompson as Clerks of Elec-
tion, and if any of said Committee are unable or decline to
serve, the remaining members of said Committee are empow-
ered to select some resident voter of said town to fill his place.

The qualifications of voters on the referendum election shall
be the same as those herein before set forth in regard to
general elections.

The said Committee shall, not less than five (5) days be-
fore said referendum election, post in five (5) conspicuous
places in the said town a typewritten or printed notice notify-
ing all the residents of said town who are qualified to vote
tinder this Act that an election will be held on the date fixed
in this Act at a certain place and between certain hours, which
notice shall contain the said date, the hours that the polls
will remain open and the location of the polling place or places,
and a statement that the election is to be held for the purpose
of deciding whether or not to adopt this charter and form an
incorporated town.

The said Committee, shall provide and furnish the place
or places where such an election shall be held, the booths,
ballot-boxes, and sufficient number of printed ballots, upon
which on one line the words "For Incorporation, " shall be
printed, and on another line the words "Against Incorpora-
tion" shall be printed, with squares opposite each.

Said election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable
as an election for County officers, is conducted in all ways not
specially provided for in this Act, and on the closing of the
polls the said Committee shall canvass said votes and publicly
announce the result of said canvass. In the event that the
majority of the votes cast are for incorporation, this act shall
immediately become effective, and in the event that a major-
ity of said votes are against incorporation, it shall be null
and void. The Judges of Election shall certify the results of
this election to the Secretary of State of Maryland.

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That if this charter is
adopted by the citizens of said Glenarden under the provi-
sions of the referendum above set forth, then the same com-
mittee that conducted the referendum election with the same
powers of filling vacancies thereon shall on the 15th and 20th
days of May, 1939, conduct a registration of voters in the
manner in this Act provided for. They shall receive peti-
tions of candidates for the office of Mayor and Councilmen
on or before May 22, 1939. They shall post the notices of elec-
tion in this Act provided for on or before May 25, 1939, and
on the first Monday in June, hold another election for the
election of the first Mayor and Common Councilmen provided
for herein in the manner and form prescribed herein for gen-