1428 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 589

eligible to vote at all town elections, and no person whose
name does not appear on such record shall be eligible to vote
at any town election. Provided, however, that nothing con-
tained in this paragraph shall apply to the election provided
for in Section 11 of this Act to determine whether or not this
Charter shall be adopted. And provided, further, that said
Board of Election Supervisors shall strike from such list or
record of eligible voters the names of such persons who have
ceased, for a period of not less than six months, to be bona
fide residents of the town. But no name of any eligible
registered person shall be stricken from such record or list
of eligible voters unless (1) there shall be filed with said
Board of Election Supervisors a statement sworn to by at
least one registered voter to the effect that the person whose
name is to be stricken off is dead or for a period of not less
than six months has not been a bona fide resident of said
town, and (2) a notice of the intention of said Board to strike
off such name shall have been posted in a public place in Morn-
ingside for at least two weeks before such name is stricken off,
unless such person shall present himself to any member of
said Board and take oath that he still is a bona fide resident
of said town, his name shall be stricken off. Any person who
so swears that he is such bona fide resident, when in truth he
is not such bona fide resident, shall be guilty of the crime of
perjury, and subject to the penalties provided by the laws of
the State of Maryland. But any person whose name has been
stricken off the list of eligible voters shall not be permitted
to vote unless he shall again register at the next regular
registration.

(L) That annually, after this Charter becomes effective, on
the first Monday in May, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal
holiday, then on the day following, said Board of Election
Supervisors shall conduct an election by ballot for the elec-
tion of the Councilmen to constitute and be the Morningside
Council for the ensuing year and until their successors shall
have qualified. For such election there shall be one voting
place in said town, and the polls shall be open and the ballots
cast between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 10 o'clock P. M.

(M) That said Board shall prepare ballots containing the
names of the candidates who shall have complied with the
provisions of Paragraph (O) of this section.

(N) That any person who shall have attained the age of
twenty-five (25) years, who shall not have been convicted of
a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, and
who shall be a registered voter and a taxpayer on real prop-
erty in said town, shall be eligible for the office of Council-
man.