234 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 142

revenue to meet current expenses of the town, as well as for
the purpose of proper protection of the health, good order
and peace of the town; for the suppression of gambling, vice
and immorality; and apprehending and punishing all tramps
and vagrants; it may pass all ordinances necessary from time
to time to carry out and enforce the foregoing provisions, and
to give full force and effect to the powers and authority con-
ferred on said corporation, and may enforce such ordinances
by reasonable fines and penalties, not exceeding twenty-five
dollars in any one case, as may appear to it right; it may
recover said fine or penalty by action of debt, and in addition
thereto, may imprison the offender until the fine is paid, not
exceeding thirty days, imprisonment to be in the town lock-
up, if one be provided, or in the county jail, and the sheriff
of Prince George's County shall receive and confine any per-
son so committed.

SEC. 9. All adult citizens of the United States (twenty-one
years of age or over) who shall have been actually domiciled
within the corporate limits of the town for at least one year
prior to registration shall be entitled to register as herein-
after provided, and after such registration to vote at any
election or referendum held in said town under the provisions
of this Act, or under the provisions of any other act author-
izing an election or referendum to be held in said town for
any town purposes whatsoever, so long as their names re-
main on the registration books of the town or until disquali-
fied by loss of citizenship or actual removal of domicile from
said town.

SEC. 10. There shall be a general registration in each ward
of said town in the month of April in the year in which this
incorporation may become effective, and thereafter when the
Mayor and Town Council shall direct, of all persons who
shall desire to vote in municipal elections held in said town.
The Mayor and Town Council shall also have power and is
hereby directed to provide for the biennial registration of
new voters and revision of the registration lists in the years
between general registrations. The registration of voters
shall be made on such day or days, between such hours as
the Mayor and Town Council may appoint. The proceedings
for the registration of voters, except as herein otherwise pro-
vided, shall conform as nearly as may be possible to the pro-
ceedings for the registration of voters under the general
election laws of this State. Transfers may be granted by the
registration officers from one ward to another in said town
upon removal to the residence of the voter. Voters shall have
the same right as they now have under the general election