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tions for county officers in Prince George's County. Said
committee shall appoint three (3) judges and two (2) clerks
who shall conduct said election, and any of said committee
are hereby authorized to act as judges or clerks. The said
judges and clerks, before undertaking to perform the duties
of their office, shall subscribe to the same oath as is now
administered for judges and clerks in elections for county
officers for Prince George's County.

For the purpose of said election all persons over the age of
twenty-one (21) years actually residing in the territory pro-
posed to be annexed to the Town of Cottage City by this Act
at the date of its enactment, shall be eligible to vote at said
election. The said judges, or any of them, before permitting
any person to vote at said election, shall administer to such
person an oath to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth in reference to any question which might be
asked them in reference to their qualifications as a voter in
said election, and shall examine each of said persons, and if
they do not bring themselves within the terms of this section,
shall refuse them the right to vote.

Upon the closing of said polls, the said judges and clerks
shall canvass the said vote, publicly announce the result of
said canvass, certify the result to the Cottage City Commis-
sion, and deliver the ballot boxes, with the ballots sealed
therein, to the Cottage City Commission, who shall faith-
fully keep the sealed boxes for a period of thirty (30) days
after said election.

In the event that the majority of said votes are in favor of
the annexation of the territory herein described to the Town
of Cottage City, said territory, upon this Act going into
effect, shall be annexed to and become a part of said town;
in the event that a majority of said votes are against such
annexation this Act shall be null and void and of no effect.

Approved March 31, 1949.

CHAPTER 182
(House Bill 359)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-sec-
tion (e) entitled (Baltimore County) of Section 51, en-
titled "Disposition of License Fees" of Article 2B of the
1947 Supplement to the Annotated Code of Maryland, to
eliminate the provision authorizing the Clerk of the Cir-