450 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 247

preceding the election, and all citizens of the United States
who own any interest in real estate, or in houses in said
town, of the age of twenty-one years and over, shall elect
by ballot on the first Monday in May, in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, from among the legal voters of
said town, who have resided within its corporate limits for
twelve months next preceding the date of such election, and
who are taxpayers on either real or personal property
therein, and who have been duly nominated for said offices
at a public meeting or meetings held in said town by the
citizens thereof not less than ten days before the date of
said election, a Mayor and four common councilmen; the
said Mayor and two of said common councilmen to serve
for two years from the date of their election, and until their
successors are duly elected and qualified, and the other two
of said common councilmen to serve for four years from the
date of their election, and until their successors are duly
elected and qualified; and on the first Monday in May in
every second year thereafter a mayor [and two common
councilmen] shall be elected from among the legal voters
and in the manner aforesaid and qualified as aforesaid, to
serve for two years from the date of [their] his election,
and until [their] his successor [s] [are] is duly elected
and qualified; and two common councilmen shall be elected
from among the legal voters and in the manner aforesaid
and qualified as aforesaid, to serve for four years from the
date of their election and until their successors are duly
elected and qualified; and the services of said Mayor and
common councilmen shall be gratuitous and without pay.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved March 31, 1953.

CHAPTER 247
(House Bill 514)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 9 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Charles County, " sub-title "Indian Head, " to be known

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