THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 369

thirty years of age, a citizen of the United States, that he
is an owner of improved 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 candi-
date for mayor 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 provisions 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 the town, at least
once a month, and they shall hold such special meetings
as they may think necessary for the proper performance
of their official duties, and all such meetings shall be open
to the public. The mayor and town council may by ordi-
nance fix a schedule of two or more regular meetings per
month on specified days of the week. No ordinance shall
be introduced until reduced to writing and read aloud at
a regular public meeting, and at least four affirmative
votes with the signature of those voting in favor thereof
shall be affixed to the written ordinance or resolution be-
fore it shall become effective. No ordinance shall become
effective until thirty calendar days after its passage shall
have elapsed, and until after publication in a newspaper
published in Prince George's County with circulation in
the town of Cheverly at least once in the thirty day period
after the passage of any ordinance or resolution, it shall
be recorded by the town clerk and treasurer and no money
shall be expended by the town clerk and treasurer pur-
suant to any ordinance, resolution, or order of the mayor
or town council until full and complete entry has been
made by him in the proper books of record.

203. If, within thirty days from the date of passage
of any town ordinance, a petition protesting against said
ordinance, signed by not less than (10) ten per centum
of the registered voters of the town, shall be filed with
the mayor and town council, such ordinance shall be im-
mediately suspended, and the mayor and town council