THEODORE E. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 491

tary", said section having been amended by Chapter 608 of
the Acts of 1941, providing a property qualification for per-
sons submitting a certificate of candidacy for election as
Commissioners of the Town of Secretary.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 478 of Article 10 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Dorchester
County", sub-title "Secretary", said section having been
amended by Chapter 608 of the Acts of 1941, be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

478. On the first Monday in May, 1941, an election shall be
held within the corporate limits of the town of Secretary be-
tween the hours of one and six o'clock P. M., for the purpose of
election by ballot five qualified voters in and residents of said
town to serve as the Commissioners thereof. At the first elec-
tion to be held hereunder, three of said Commissioners shall
be elected for a term of one year, and until their successors are
elected and qualified and two of such Commissioners shall be
elected for a term of two years and until their successors are
elected and qualified, and at each election to be held thereafter,
the Commissioners to be elected therein shall be so elected to
serve a term of two years, and until their successors are elected
and qualified. A person desiring to be a candidate for Com-
missioner shall, at least fifteen days before the election file
with the Commissioners a certificate of his candidacy, and
at the first election to be held hereunder the certificate of each
candidate shall set forth whether he is a candidate for a one
year term or a two year term. Every such person shall state
in the said certificate of candidacy that either he or his spouse
is assessed on the tax books of the town for real estate in an
amount of not less than One Thousand Dollars; and the Com-
missioners shall not accept any certificate of candidacy with-
out such a statement included therein. At least ten days before
any election, the Commissioners shall post in five or more
conspicuous places in said town the names of all persons to
be voted upon for Commissioners in the approaching election,
and at the first election to be held hereunder the term of
office. The Commissioners shall provide a sufficient number
of ballots for each election containing the names of all the
candidates for Commissioners to be voted for therein arranged
in alphabetical order and in the general form of the ballots
used in the county elections, and in addition thereto, at the
first election held hereunder, the ballots shall have printed
thereon "For a One Year Term" (vote for three) and "For a
Two year Term" (vote for two), and under the said respective
captions shall be placed the name of each candidate to be voted
upon for a one year term or a two year term, respectively.