2056 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 703

longation thereof. ]The Fifth District shall be the north-
western district and shall consist of all that portion of the
Town of College Park lying west of the centerline of Rhode
Island Avenue and north of the centerline of Branchville Road
and Metzerott Road.

(g) The 6th District shall be the northeastern district and
shall consist of all that portion of the Town of College Park
lying east of the centerline of Rhode Island Avenue and north
of the centerline of Branchville Road and the prolongation
thereof.

4. The government of said town shall be vested in a Mayor,
two (2) Councilmen at Large, [five (5)] six (6) District
Councilmen (one (1) District Councilman for each of the
several Districts of the town), and such other officers as are
hereinafter designated or shall be appointed by the Mayor
and Common Council; and each officer appointed shall con-
tinue to hold office for such term or terms as the Mayor and
Common Council shall determine. The Mayor and the two
(2) Councilmen at Large shall be elected by the combined vote
of the electorate of said town; the several District Councilmen
shall be elected by the voters within their respective Districts.
Each elective officer of said town shall be a freeholder or the
spouse of a freeholder, shall have attained the age of 25 years,
must be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the
State of Maryland, and must be a registered voter of the said
State and of the said town. Each elective officer of the Town
of College Park must continuously reside in said town during
his term of office; each District Councilman must reside in the
District from which he is elected; each Councilman at Large
must reside in a different District from that in which resides
any other Councilman at Large; and each officer shall retain
throughout his respective term of office all the qualifications
necessary for his election, and the failure to retain all of such
qualifications shall ipso facto cause a forfeiture of office.

Neither the Mayor nor any Councilman shall hold any other
office under the corporation during his term of office.

Before entering upon the duties of his office, each officer shall
take an oath that he will diligently and faithfully discharge
all duties of his office without favor, partiality or prejudice.
The said oath shall be filed among the records of said town.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1951.

Approved May 7, 1951.