822 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 339

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 1230 of the Montgomery County Code
(1947 Edition), being Article 16 of the Code of Public Local
Laws, of Maryland title "Montgomery County", sub-title
"Washington Grove", be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments to read as follows:

1230. (a) All persons 21 years of age or over and who are
owners jointly or severally of record and the husband or wife
of any such owner of record, of taxable real estate within
the limits of the Town of Washington Grove, shall be quali-
fied voters at all town elections, and shall on the second
Saturday of July, between the hours of seven and ten
o'clock P. M., at such places as the aforesaid judges of elec-
tion shall appoint, within the confines of the Town of Wash-
ington Grove, elect by ballot six (6) persons qualified voters
as members of the Town Council of Washington Grove, two
of such persons to be designated to serve one year each, two
to be designated to serve two years each, and two to serve
three years each, and a Mayor to serve one year, or until
their successors are duly elected and qualified, and that such
election shall be held at a town meeting at which all quali-
fied voters may attend, on the second Saturday of July, and
annually thereafter, between the hours of seven and ten
o'clock P. M., at such place as the Mayor and Town Council
of said town shall appoint, to elect by ballot two persons
residents and qualified voters, as members of the Town
Council, for a term of three years each, to fill the vacancies
occurring by any vacancy or the expiration of the term of
any member or members of the Town Council, and a Mayor
to serve one year.

(b) The Mayor shall be a citizen of the State of Maryland,
shall have resided in the Town of Washington Grove for not
less than one year next preceding his or her election and
shall be a qualified voter of said town.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 22, 1949.

CHAPTER 339

(House Bill 262)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
3 (Q) of Article 25A of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Chartered Counties of Maryland",