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to conduct the election only in the wards in which elections are
so directed to be held. The judges and clerks of any ward in
which the said Mayor and Common Council shall direct the elec-
tion of any other ward or wards to be held, shall, in addition
to conducting the election in the ward for which they are
appointed, conduct the election for such other ward or wards.
The polls shall be open from the hour of nine o'clock A. 'M.,
to the hour of nine o'clock P. M., when they shall be closed,
and no ballots shall be deposited in the ballot box after that
time. The said judges and clerks shall conduct such elections,
canvass the ballots and certify the results in the manner pre-
scribed by the General Election Laws of this State for State
and County elections, except that said judges and clerks shall
within twenty-four hours after the closing of the polls in each
election deliver into the hands of the Mayor one certificate or
return of the result of the canvass of the ballots cast in the
election, together with the tally sheet, and shall deliver
another certificate or return of the result of said canvass,
together with the other tally sheet, into the hands of the
president of the Council, and shall deliver the ballot box con-
taining the ballots, properly sealed, to the Clerk of the Council
in person.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported by
three-fifths of all of the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall
take effect on the date of its passage.

Approved March 23, 1943.

CHAPTER 205.
(House Bill 310)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
509 of Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "Prince George's County", sub-
title "Hyattsville", to extend the term of office of the Town
Treasurer and provide for election of Treasurer.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 509 of Article 17 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Prince George's.