462 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 294

Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Washington
County", sub-title "Sharpsburg", changing the corporate
name of the town of Sharpsburg from "Burgess and Com-
missioners'' to "Mayor and Council" of Sharpsburg, and
relating to the election of Mayor and Council.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 725, 728, 729 and 731 of Article 22 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Washington County", sub-title "Sharpsburg", be and they
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

725. The inhabitants of Sharpsburg, in Washington County,
8tate of Maryland, are hereby created a corporation, by the
name of the Mayor and Council of Sharpsburg, and by that
name shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued,
may have and use a common seal, and possess such other inci-
dents and powers as attach by law to a municipal corporation;
and may purchase and hold real, personal and mixed property
for the benefit of said corporation; provided, however, the
Mayor and Council shall not purchase or acquire any real
estate unless they shall first provide by ordinance for said
purchase and the mode and manner of payment therefor; and
all ordinances for the purchase of real estate shall provide for
submitting the question of said purchase to the qualified voters
of the town in an election to be held as hereinafter provided
for town officers, after at least three weeks' notice of such
election by hand bills posted in at least six of the most public
places in said town; and said notice shall set forth the ordi-
nances in full, and the mode and manner of payment proposed;
and no such ordinance shall be of any force or validity unless
It shall receive a majority of all votes cast at said election.

728. All citizens of the State of Maryland, entitled to
right of franchise therein and who have resided within the
corporate limits of the town of Sharpsburg six months next
preceding an election shall be entitled to vote at said election
and all subsequent elections. And shall be qualified to hold
office, either elective or appointive provided they have so re-
sided in said town five years previous to any election. And
the said voters shall on the first Monday of September, A. D.
1922, and upon the same day in every alternate year there-
after, elect by ballot one citizen for Mayor and one citizen for
Vice-Mayor of said town, both of whom shall be citizens of the
United States and five years residents of said town next pre-
ceding the election, and at least twenty-five years of age; they
shall take the oath of office as hereinafter prescribed for town