610 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 559

before said election, said committee shall cause a notice
thereof to be published once in a newspaper published in the
City of Hyattsville, and shall post in at least five (5) public
places within the territory proposed by this Act to be annexed
to the City of Hyattsville, a notice of said election; said ad-
vertisement and posters shall notify the residents of said
territory that there will be held on said day at a place or
places to be designated therein, and between the hours of nine
o'clock A. M., and nine o'clock P. M., an election to determine
whether or not said residents desire the territory described
in this Act to be annexed to the City of Hyattsville. The said
Committee shall provide a polling place or places, ballot
boxes, booths, and ballots for said election, the cost thereof to
be paid by The Mayor and City Council of Hyattsville, which
is hereby authorized to pay the same. The said ballots shall
contain the words "FOR ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF HYATTS-
VILLE" on one line, and "AGAINST ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF
HYATTSVILLE" on another line, with a square opposite each.
The election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable as are
elections for County officers in Prince George's County. The
committee shall appoint two (2) judges and two (2) clerks,
who shall conduct said election, and any of said committee
are hereby authorized to act as judges or clerks. The said
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 any municipal election of
officers in the City. of Hyattsville.

For the purpose of said election, all persons over the age of
twenty-one (21) years who have actually resided in the terri-
tory proposed to be annexed to the City of Hyattsville by this
Act for six full calendar months prior to the date of said
election, ' shall be eligible to vote at said election. The said
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 them in
reference to their qualifications as a voter in said election, 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 said polls, the said judges and clerks
shall canvass the said vote, publicly announce the result of
said canvass, certify the result to The Mayor and City Council
of Hyattsville within, forty-eight hours, and deliver the ballot
boxes with the ballots sealed therein, and the booths to the
Clerk of The Mayor and City Council of Hyattsville, 'who shall
faithfully keep the sealed ballot boxes for a period of thirty
(30) days after said election. No ballots shall be deposited4