354 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 327

laws. The registration of voters shall be made on such day
or days, between such hours as The Mayor and Common
Council may appoint. In addition to the qualifications afore-
said, every applicant to register as a voter shall have had his
actual residence in the Town of Hyattsville, in the sense that
he has had no other home elsewhere for the period of six
months next preceding the day of application to register and
shall Satisfy the registration officers of that fact. If the ap-
plicant shall be registered as a voter elsewhere in the State of
Maryland, he or she shall not be permitted to register unless
he or she shall file with the registration officers of said town
an affidavit duly executed before a Notary Public or a Jus-
tice of the Peace certifying that he or she has definitely
abandoned any prior place of residence. The proceedings for
the registration of voters, except as herein otherwise pro-
vided, shall conform as nearly as may be possible to the
proceedings for the registration of voters under the general
election laws of this State. Transfers may be granted by
the registration officers from one ward to another in said
town upon removal of the residence of the voter. Voters
shall have the same right as they now have under the general
election laws of this State and any person who feels ag-
grieved by the action of the Board of Registration either by
refusing to register an applicant or in refusing to erase from
the register the name of any such suspected person, shall have
the same right of appeal to the Circuit Court for Prince
George's County, as now exists under the said general laws
and the procedure in such cases shall be the same and the
Circuit Court for said County is hereby vested with jurisdic-
tion and authority to hear and determine all such appeals.
Not less than seven days' notice of the time and place and
hours of registration shall be given by The Mayor and Com-
mon Council in advance of the first day fixed for such regis-
tration. When not in actual use for registration or election
purposes the books of registration shall be deposited in the
custody of the Treasurer of said town, and shall be open to
public inspection free of charge, subject however, to such
regulations as The Mayor and Common Council may pre-
scribe.

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
being passed upon a yea and nay vote supported by three-
fifths of all members elected to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date
of its passage.

Approved April 21, 1943.