1426 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 589

for which petitioners wish such special meeting to be held,
and shall be sworn to as to the genuineness of the signatures
thereon, before the Secretary of Council.

That no special meeting of said Council shall be held unless
at least one notice thereof, which notice shall indicate the pur-
pose thereof, shall have been posted by said Council in a
public place of said town at least three (3) days prior to the
date fixed for such special meeting.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, (A) That annually on
or before the first Monday in March, after this Charter becomes
effective, the Morningside Council shall, by resolution entered
in the minute book of said Council, appoint a Board of Elec-
tion Supervisors, to be composed of three (3) members, each
of whom shall be a citizen of the United States, of the age of
twenty-five (25) years or more, and a bona fide resident of
said town for at least six (6) months.

(B) That the members of said Board shall receive no salary
or compensation.

(C) That, before entering upon the duties of his office, each
member of said Board shall take oath before the Secretary of
Council, or before a Justice of the Peace or other officer or
person (including a Notary Public X? authorized by law to ad-
minister oaths in Prince George's County, that he will dili-
gently, faithfully and impartially discharge his duties as a
member of said Board.

(D) That said Board shall select one of -its members as
Clerk. And each member of said Board shall have power to
administer oaths in connection with the registration of the
voters in said town.

(E) That said Board shall, on the first Monday in April if
not a legal holiday, then on the day following, and also on
the second Monday in April, if not a legal holiday and if a
legal holiday then on the day following, conduct a registra-
tion of the qualified voters of said town.

(F) That said registration shall be conducted on the two
days named, between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 10 o'clock
P. M. at the regular meeting place of the Morningside Council,
unless said Council shall, by resolution entered in the minute
book of said Council, appoint a different place.

(G) That said Board of Election Supervisors shall, at least
one week before the registration day, post in a public place
in said town, and also at the regular meeting place of the
Morningside Council, a notice of such registration, which said