HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1267

successor is duly elected and qualified. There shall also
be selected on the first Tuesday in August in the year
nineteen hundred and forty-three by the qualified voters of
each of the three wards of the town of Brunswick one
councilman from each of said wards who shall have certain
qualifications as hereinafter prescribed, and who
shall hold office for a term of two years, or until his suc-
cessor is duly elected and qualified; and on the first Tues-
day in August in the year nineteen hundred and forty-four
and on the first Tuesday in August in each and every year
thereafter there shall be selected by the qualified voters of
each of the three wards of the town of Brunswick one
councilman from each ward, who shall hold office for a
term of two years, or until his successor is duly elected
and qualified. The Mayor and Council shall provide the
official ballots, which shall include distinct ballots for each
ward in said town, for such election or elections, the form
and arrangement of such ballot to be as they shall by order
prescribe, except that all candidates for the same office
shall be grouped together and the names shall be arranged
alphabetically on said ballot. The Mayor and Council shall
deliver, or cause to be delivered, at each polling place or
at one general polling place on the day of said election to
the judges of election before the opening" hour, the said
registries of voters and sufficient number of the said offi-
cial ballots, not less, however, than the number of regis-
tered voters at each polling place or ward, and one of such
ballots shall be handed by the judges of election to the
voters as they shall apply for them for the purpose of
voting and shall be accepted by the judges and when prop-
erly marked counted in canvassing the voter provided that
nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent candidates for
the various offices to have sample ballots, to be provided
at their own expense, for instructing the voters. After
each name on said ballot, or after any proposition or ques-
tion submitted to the decision of the voters, and to the right
thereof, shall be a square upon which the voter shall make
a cross-mark to indicate the candidate of his choice, or
whether he shall be in favor of or opposed to the question
or proposition voted upon. If any voter cannot read or
write, or is disabled by reason of any physical infirmity,
he may ask one of the judges of election to mark his ballot
as he desires. When a voter offers to vote the judges shall
ascertain by reference if his name is on the registry of
voters, and the clerks shall enter in poll books the names
and residences of the voters for the respective wards as
the ballots are delivered to them respectively. The Council
shall also provide booths or compartments for secret voting
similar to those provided under the general election law of