THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 601

(K) The record containing the names of those persons
who have registered shall constitute and be the list of per-
sons eligible to vote at all town elections, and no person
whose name does not appear on such record shall be eligible
to vote at any town election. The said Board of Election
Supervisors shall strike from such list or record of eligible
voters the names of such persons who have ceased, for a
period of not less than six months, to be bona fide residents
of the town. But no name of any eligible registered person
shall be stricken from such record or list of eligible voters
unless (1) there shall be filed with said Board of Election
Supervisors a statement sworn to by at least one registered
voter to the effect that the person whose name is to be
stricken off is dead or for a period of not less than six
months has not been a bona fide resident of said town, and
(2) a notice of the intention of said Board to strike off
such name shall have been posted in a public place in Dis-
trict Heights for at least two weeks before such name is
stricken off. If, at any time before his name is stricken off,
such person shall present himself to any member of said
Board and take oath that he still is a bona fide resident of
said town his name shall not be stricken off. Any person
who so swears that he is such bona fide resident, when in
truth he is not such bona fide resident shall be guilty of
the crime of perjury, and subject to the penalties provided
by the law of the State of Maryland. But any person whose
name has been stricken off the list of eligible voters shall
not be permitted to vote unless and until he shall again
register at the next regular registration.

(L) Annually on the first Monday in May, if not a legal
holiday and if said first Monday in May is a legal holiday,
then on the day following, said Board of Election Super-
visors shall conduct an election by ballot for the election of
the Commissioners to constitute and be the District Heights
Commission until their successors shall have been elected
and qualified. For each election there shall be one voting
place in said town, and the polls shall be open and the
ballots cast between the hours of 1: 00 o'clock P. M. and
10: 00 o'clock P. M. At the first election following the
effective date of this Act, the qualified voters shall elect
a Mayor to serve for the term of one year and shall elect
four Commissioners, one from each ward, to be voted for
by the qualified voters of each ward. The Commissioners
first elected from the First and Third Wards shall serve
for a period of one year, and the Commissioners first
elected from the Second and Fourth Wards shall serve for
a period of two years. At each successive annual election