1206 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 713

May, 1912, and every second year thereafter on the first
Monday in May, at such place or places as shall be desig-
nated by the judges of election, between the hours of 5
o'clock P. M. and 9 o'clock P. M., elect by ballot one person
for Mayor of said town, who shall serve for a term of two
years, or until his successor is elected and qualified; the
qualified voters aforesaid shall also elect on said first Mon-
day in May, 1912, four persons to be members of the coun-
cil of said town, who, together with the Mayor, shall
constitute the council of said town; two of the said council-
men shall serve for a term of two years, or until their
successors are elected and qualified, and two for a term
of one year, or until their successors are elected and quali-
fied, and at the first meeting of the council they shall decide
by lot the members of these two classes; and thereafter
they, the said voters, shall annually elect two persons as
members of the council, to serve for two years or until
their successors are elected and qualified. The judges of
election shall, before holding elections, make oath before
a Justice of the Peace for Montgomery County or the
Mayor of Somerset, who is hereby empowered to adminis-
ter such oath, that they will well and faithfully perform
the duties of their office and that they will permit every
qualified voter to vote, and none other. The qualifications
for voters for Mayor and councilmen shall be as follows:
That they shall be registered voters in state and county
elections residing within the corporate limits of the town
of Somerset.

On the first Monday in March, 1944, and each year there-
after prior to the town election, the Board of Election
Supervisors for Montgomery County, shall certify to the
Mayor and Council, alphabetical lists of the names and
addresses of the registered voters in State and County elec-
tions within the corporate limits of the town of Somerset,
and every resident of said town whose name shall be certi-
fied to the Mayor and Council under the provisions of this
section, shall be entitled to vote in all municipal elections
in the said town, and no person shall vote in any such
municipal election whose name shall not be so certified.

The said lists shall be certified in triplicate under the
seal of the Board of Election Supervisors of Montgomery
County and shall constitute the voters of the town. One
copy of said list shall be posted for public inspection in the
office of the Town Clerk upon receipt of the same from the
Board of Election Supervisors; one copy of said list shall
be supplied to the judges and clerks of election for their
official guidance in conducting the election; and a third
copy of said list shall be placed^with the election returns
and other records of the election to which the list relates.