44 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 16

of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved June 1, 1948.

CHAPTER 16
(Senate Bill 17)

AIST ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
135 of Article 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "Worcester County", sub-title
"Ocean City", as said section was amended by Chapter 45
of the Acts of 1935, relating to increasing the membership
of the City Council, their qualification and the manner of
their election.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 135 of Article 24 of the Code of Public
kocal Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), 'title "Worcester
County", sub-title "Ocean City", as said section was amended
by Chapter 45 of the Acts of 1935, be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

135. The qualifications of voters in town elections of Ocean
City shall be as follows: A voter, whether man or woman,
must be a citizen of the United States and twenty-one years of
age or over and must be one who for one year next preceding
the election has been and is, at the time of the election, as-
sessed on the tax books of said town with, and is the owner
of, real or personal property of the value of at least one
hundred dollars, and if only a part owner then such part
interest must be of the value, according to such assessment,
of at least one hundred dollars, or, being a citizen of the
United States and twenty-one years of age or over, who for
one year next preceding the election has been and is at the
time of the election the owner of part of the capital stock of
any body corporate, which corporation has been for at least
one year next preceding the election and at the time of the
election is assessed with and is the owner of real or personal
property on the tax books of said town of the value of more
than one hundred dollars, provided the share or shares of
stock of such person, in proportion to all the shares of stock
that have been outstanding for at least one year preceding
said election, represent a proportionate interest in said as-
sessed property amounting to at least one hundred dollars
according to the assessed value of such property. Those per-
sons who qualify as voters shall, on the first Monday in
August, 1948, elect by ballot one person to be Mayor of said