806 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 331

son shall vote in any such municipal election whose name
shall not be so certified; provided, however, that this section
and the next succeeding section shall not apply to special
elections held under the provisions of Section 1193(G) of
this charter. The residents of said City whose names shall
be so certified are hereby designated as the "Voters" of the
City, and by that designation are hereinafter referred to in
this section, and they shall on the fourth Tuesday of March,
1950, elect as Councilmen seven persons not less than twenty-
five years of age, and as Mayor one person at least thirty
years of age, each of whom shall have resided in said City
at least one year previous to his election and be a voter of
the City and a property owner therein, and in the case of
the said Councilmen, be residents of the areas from which
they are so elected.

The Mayor and the Councilmen so elected shall serve for
two years, beginning with the second Monday in April en-
suing after their election, or until their successors are duly
qualified. The Mayor and Councilmen elected at the election
held in said City on the first Monday in May, 1948, shall
serve only until the second Monday in April, 1950, or until
their successors are duly qualified.

Beginning with the election to be held on the fourth Tues-
day in March, 1950 and every second year thereafter, the
Mayor and Councilmen shall be elected at large; two Coun-
cilmen shall be elected from within the boundaries of the
Fourth and Twentieth Precincts of the Thirteenth Election
District of Montgomery County within the City; two Coun-
cilmen shall be elected from within the boundaries of the
Sixth and Twenty-First Precincts of the said Thirteenth
Election District of Montgomery County within the City;
one councilman shall be elected from within the boundaries
of the Ninth and Twenty-second Precincts of said Thirteenth
Election District of Montgomery County within the City;
and two Councilmen shall be elected from within the bound-
aries of that portion of Prince George's County within the
City.

The Council, by ordinance, shall provide for said elec-
tions; shall designate in said ordinance a convenient polling
place or places; shall appoint judges and clerks of election;
shall designate the manner of holding said election; shall
designate whether voting machines or paper ballots shall be
used; shall provide the voting machines or paper ballots as
the case may be; and shall conduct said elections in accord-
ance with the provisions of this section. For the purpose
of convenience in voting in City elections, the judges and
clerks of election shall enter in alphabetical order, on cards