1678 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 971

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an election on the first Tuesday in May, 1943, and Arthur F.
Granholm, Louis Granados, Stephen F. O'Dea, Arthur W.
Brumel, Mrs. W. H. Chase, D'Arcy J. Lynch, and Franz J.
Seiders are hereby appointed a committee for the purpose of
holding said election. In the event any of said committee shall
die, or become incapacitated from acting from any cause, or
refuse to act, the election shall be held by the remaining
members of the committee.

Not less than ten days before the election, the committee
shall cause a notice thereof to-be published once in a news-
paper published in Prince George's County and shall post in
at least seven public places within the territory proposed by
this Act to be annexed to the town of Riverdale, a notice of
the election, which shall notify the residents of the territory
that there will be held on the day stated at a place desig-
nated therein between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 9
o'clock P. M. an election to determine whether the territory
described in this Act shall be annexed to the town of River-
dale. The said committee shall provide a polling place, ballot
boxes, booths and ballots for the election, the costs thereof
to be paid by the Mayor and Common Council of Riverdale,
which is hereby authorized to pay the same. The ballot shall
contain the words, "For Annexation to the town of Riverdale",
on one line, and "Against Annexation to the town of River-
dale", on another line, with a square opposite each. The elec-
tion shall be conducted, as nearly as practicable, as are elec-
tions for county officers in Prince George's County. The
committee shall appoint three judges and two clerks, who
shall conduct the election, and any of said committee are
authorized to act as judges or clerks. The judges and clerks,
before undertaking to perform the duties of their office, shall
subscribe to the same oath as is now required for judges and
clerks in elections for county officers in Prince George's
County.

For the purpose of this election all persons over the age
of twenty-one (21) years actually residing in the territory
proposed to be annexed to the town of Riverdale by this Act
at the date of its enactment, shall be eligible to vote. The
judges, or any of them, before permitting any person to vote
at said election, shall administer to such person an oath to
tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth in
reference to any questions which might be asked him or her
in reference to his or her qualifications as a voter in the elec-
tion, and shall examine each of said persons, and if they do
not bring themselves within the terms of this section, shall
refuse them the right to vote.

Upon the closing of the polls, the judges and clerks shall
canvass the vote, publicly announce the result of the can-