658 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 604
CHAPTER 604.
(House Bill 656)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
616 and 617 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County (1943 Edition—being. Article 17 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Prince
George's County", sub-title "Glenarden", providing that the
polls shall be open for municipal registrations and elections
from 3 o'clock P. M. until 8 o'clock P. M. and that the officers
elected at such elections shall serve terms of two years.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 616 and 617 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Prince George's County (1943 Edition—being Article
17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title
"Prince George's County", sub-title "Glenarden", be and they
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

616. (a) The election of the Mayor and Councilmen (except
as herein provided for the first election to be held hereunder),
shall be held on the first Monday in May in every second year,
beginning with the year 1945, at a place to be designated by
the Mayor and Common Council, at which elections the polls
shall remain open from three o'clock P. M. to eight o'clock
P. M.

(b) On or before the first day of April in each and every
year, the Mayor and Common Council shall appoint two quali-
fied voters of said town not holding any other office thereunder
as Supervisors of Elections, and two Clerks of Election. Such
Supervisors of Elections shall also act as registration officials
and judges of election at any election held during the year
succeeding their appointment. In case of vacancy occurring
the Mayor and Common Council shall appoint a qualified per-
son to fill such vacancy, except that when such vacancy occurs,
or any such person fails or refuses to act at a time too close to
an election to convene the Mayor and Common Council, then
such vacancy shall be filled by the remaining election officials
to hold office until the next meeting of the Mayor and Com-
mon Council. The said Supervisors of Election shall appoint
by at least ten printed or typewritten notices posted in at
least ten conspicuous places in said town, at least five days,
before the first registration day, two days for registration in
each and every year, which shall be not le#s than fifteen days
nor more than thirty days before the first Monday in. May in
such year, on which days the said Supervisors of Election shall
sit as registration officials at some easily accessible place in