HERBERT R. O'CONOR,, GOVERNOR. 659

said town to be named in said advertisement from the hours
of three o'clock P. M. to eight o'clock P. M. at least three days
shall intervene between the two registration days herein pro-
vided for.

(c) The Supervisors of Election acting as registration offi-
cials at the first of said registration days herein provided for,
whenever an affidavit is made before them by any registered
voter of said town that any name upon said books is not
entitled to be thereon, shall note said name, and shall by
placing in the United States mail addressed to said voter at
the place of residence set out in said registration books with
sufficient postage prepaid, a notice that his or her name has
been noted for striking off, and that they will act thereon on
the second day of registration, and notify the party who has
been noted that they will act upon his or her right to remain
upon said registration books on said second day of registration.
The said Supervisors of Election may also on said first
registration day take such action with regard to any name
of their own motion. On the second of said registration
days, the said Supervisors of Election shall pass upon all
of the names noted as above set out, and after hearing such
evidence as may be presented before them, shall determine
whether such name shall remain upon said books, or shall be
stricken off, and in case they shall decide that any of such names
shall be stricken off, they shall draw a line in red ink through
such names on the registration books, and shall write in red
ink at the end of said line the words "stricken off" and the date.

(d) Any person desiring to become a candidate for Mayor or
Councilman shall at least ten days before election, file or cause
to be filed with one of the Supervisors of Election a petition
stating that he or she is a candidate for the office, and reciting
the numbers of the liber and folio where the deed or contract
referred to in the preceding section is recorded among the
Land Records of Prince George's County, which petition shall
be signed by such candidate, and indorsed by at least fifteen
persons entitled to vote in the next town election. Upon the
filing of such petitions, the Mayor and Common Council shall
print such persons names upon the ballot with a square oppo-
site each, the names of the candidates for Mayor to be in one
group and appearing in alphabetical order, and with the in-
struction to the voters to "vote for one", and the candidates
for Councilman to be in another group with the names ap-
pearing in alphabetical order and with the instruction to the
voters to "vote for four. "

(e) At least five days before any election the said Mayor and
Common Council shall cause to be posted in ten or more public
places in said town notices of said election, designating the
place of voting, the hours the polls are open, and the names of