152 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 94
Chamber in said town, or at such other place as may be desig-
nated by the Major and Town Council, on the first Tuesday
in October, 1939. They shall sit not less than nine (9) hours
and ten days' public notice of the said sitting shall be given
prior thereto by advertisement by way of hand bills posted in
not less than ten public places within the corporate limits of
the Town of Oakland, or by advertisement in at least one
weekly newspaper published in said town. And if necessary
in the opinion of the Major and Town Council, the officers of
registration shall sit for such additional day or days as are
designated by the said Mayor and Town Council for the pur-
pose of continuing said registration, the public notice of reg-
istration so stating. After causing the registration of the duly
qualified voters they shall return the said list to the Mayor
and Town Council of Oakland. Before the said officers of reg-
istration shall sit for this purpose they shall go before a Jus-
tice of the Peace for Garrett County and make oath in due
form of law that they will only permit the registration of such
persons as are entitled under the provisions of Section 406 to
be registered as voters of the Town of Oakland.
407A. On the first Monday in January in every year there-
after the Mayor and Town Council of Oakland shall appoint
two qualified voters of the Town of Oakland to act as officers of
registration, and they shall sit on the last Monday in January
for the purpose of registering additional qualified voters upon
the lists maintained by the Mayor and Town Council of Oak-
land and for the purpose of revision, ten days7 notice of the
same having been given and all other provisions in Section
406 of this Act applicable hereto complied with. It shall be
the duty of such registration officers in addition to registering
voters, to examine and check over the registration lists, and
they shall make a list of those who, in their opinion, may be
disqualified thereon as voters, and they shall deliver such
list to the Clerk of the Town who shall forthwith send writ-
ten notice by mail to all persons whose names are so given to
him, notifying them to be and appear before the Mayor and
Town Council on the next succeeding revision day to show
cause, if any they have, why their names should not be stricken
from the lists of qualified voters of the Town of Oakland, and
the said Clerk shall certify to the Mayor and Town Council
under oath the fact that such notices were mailed and the
time thereof. For the purpose of revising such registration
lists and striking therefrom the names of those no longer
qualified to vote in said town, the Mayor and Town Council
shall sit one evening, between the hours of 7. 30 P. M. and
10. 00 P. M., known as Revision Day, to be selected by the said
Mayor and Town Council, and which shall be not less than
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