878 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 356

and said boxes, sealed as aforesaid, shall then be retained by
the Board of Election Supervisors for a period of thirty days
after which period of time the boxes may be opened and the
ballots destroyed. Provided, however, that if there be a con-
test of the election, said ballots shall not be destroyed until
after the decision of the Judge of the Circuit Court for Prince
George's County.

(c) Any candidate at said elections may contest the same
and the Judge of the Circuit Court for Prince George's County
shall have jurisdiction to determine such contest and may
adopt such modes of proceeding and adjudging costs in cases
of contested election as to him may seem most just.

No such contest shall, however, be considered unless the
petition for the same is filed in the Circuit Court for Prince
George's County within seven days, exclusive of Sundays and
legal holidays, after the public announcement by the Board
of Election Supervisors of the result of the election.

(d) Any person desiring to be a candidate for an elective
office under the terms of this sub-title shall file, not less than
fifteen days previous to the date of election with the Board of
Election Supervisors herein provided for, a petition setting
forth that said candidate is not less than thirty years of age,
a citizen of the United States, that he is an owner of real
property, or is purchasing real property in Cheverly, under
contract, that he has been an actual dweller within the limits
of said Town for not less than two years next preceding the
date of election, and setting forth the ward in which said
candidate dwells and the name of the office he seeks. Said
petition for any candidate for Mayor or councilman at large
shall bear not less than twenty signatures of persons qualified
to vote for said candidate and said petition of any candidate
of ward councilman shall bear not less than ten signatures
of persons qualified to vote for said candidate under the pro-
visions of this sub-title. The Board of Election Supervisors
shall cause to be given general publicity the names of such
eligible candidates with the names of the offices they seek,
and shall post all of such names and offices conspicuously
at the polls.

MEETINGS

202. The Mayor and Town Council shall hold regular
meetings in some convenient place in said Town at least once
a month, which meetings shall be open to the public, and
they shall hold such special meetings as they may think
necessary for the proper performance of their official duties.
No ordinance or resolution shall be introduced until reduced