934 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 389

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 166 and 167 of Article 9 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Charles
County", sub-title "La Plata", as said sections were amended
by Chapter 575 of the Acts of 1943, be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

166. The citizens of said town of La Plata having the
qualification prescribed for voters by the laws of this State,
and having resided in said town three months previous to any
municipal election, shall on the first Monday in May, 1943,
and biennially thereafter elect three citizens, taxpayers of
the said town of La Plata, who are assessed on the tax
books of Charles County as owning five hundred dollars'
worth of property within the corporate limits of said town of
La Plata, who shall have resided in said town for six months
next preceding said election, as the Town Commissioners of
La Plata, to serve for two years, or until their successors
shall be elected and qualified. Said Town Commissioners
shall receive One Hundred and Twenty Dollars ($120. 00) each
per annum for their services as such, and they shall continue
to reside in said town of La Plata during their term of office.

167. (a) The Town Commissioners shall on or before the
first Monday in April, 1943, and biennially thereafter, give
notice by hand bills posted in conspicuous places in said town
of La Plata or by publication in some newspaper or news-
papers published in said town or by both hand bills posted as
aforesaid and by publication as aforesaid of the election to be
held for Town Commissioners of La Plata in that year, nam-
ing the house or place to be selected by them at which said
election shall be held, and the hours the polls shall be open
and closed respectively, and they shall, at least ten days before
such election, appoint two persons as judges, who shall
conduct the election; the polls shall be opened at 2 o'clock
P. M. and closed at 6 o'clock P. M. If any of such judges of
election shall refuse or decline or be unable to act as such
the Town Commissioners shall fill the vacancy.

(b) Should any of such judges fail to appear at the time
and place for opening the polls and holding the election the
remaining judge or judges shall fill the vacancy; the said
judges shall serve without pay and shall promptly make their
returns and without unreasonable delay to the Town Com-
missioners certifying and declaring what persons shall have
been elected Town Commissioners of La Plata at said election,
and the Town Commissioners to whom such returns are made
shall determine all questions arising upon said returns, and
shall cause the said certificate and declarations of the said