28 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 4

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed by 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 from the date of its passage.

Approved July 27, 1950.

CHAPTER 4
(Senate Bill 4)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments,, Section
138 of Article 24 of Flack's Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, 1930 Edition, title "Worcester County", sub-title
"Ocean City", changing and lengthening the hours during
which the polls shall be kept open during municipal elec-
tions in the town of Ocean City, Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 138 of Article 24 of Flack's Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, 1930 Edition, title "Worcester
County" sub-title "Ocean City", be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read as
follows:

138. The Mayor shall before the hour of opening the polls
for any election in said city for the election of Mayor or City
Councilmen or for any other purpose, appoint three persons,
qualified voters of said city, to act as judges of election, who
before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall make
oath before the Mayor or any justice of the peace of Wor-
cester County, to act fairly and impartially as judges of elec-
tion; and in case of failure of any person or all of said per-
sons so appointed, to appear and qualify, the Mayor shall
appoint another or others to act as such judge or judges, who
shall qualify in manner aforesaid; they shall appoint one of
their own number to act as clerk; they shall keep the polls
open from [two o'clock P. M.] eight o'clock A. M. to six
o'clock P. M., prevailing local time, and they shall within
two days after election return under their hands the num-
ber of votes cast, and for whom cast, to the clerk of the
City Council, who shall file the same at once and issue certifi-
cates of elections to the persons receiving the largest number
of votes; said certificates shall be recorded among the pro-
ceedings of the Council. Should the Mayor or the Clerk of
the City Council fail to perform the duties imposed upon