832 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 441

exists under the said general laws and the procedure in
such cases shall be the same and the Circuit Court for
said County is hereby vested with jurisdiction and author-
ity to hear and determine all such appeals. Not less than
seven days' notice of the time and place, and hours of
registration shall be given by the Mayor and Council by
posting placards in at least ten public places in said Town,
and publishing notice thereof in one issue of a newspaper
of general circulation in the Town. When not in actual
use for registration or election purposes, the books of
registration shall be deposited in the custody of the Treas-
urer of said Town, and shall be open to public inspection
free of charge, subject, however, to such regulations as
the Mayor and Council may prescribe.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all elections
to fill the office of councilman, shall be by ballot, and shall
be held on the first Monday in May of every second year,
beginning on the first Monday in May, 1954, except as
otherwise provided by law. No person shall be allowed
to vote in any election in said Town except those persons
whose names shall appear upon the register of voters, and
shall be actually owning property within the Town on the
day of election. The Mayor and Council shall appoint prior
to May, 1954, and biennially thereafter, one judge and
one clerk, who shall themselves be registered voters, to
conduct the election in such place as may be designated
by the Mayor and Council. The polls shall be open from
the hour of five o'clock P. M., to the hour of nine o'clock
P. M., when they shall be closed, and no ballots shall be
deposited in the ballot box after that time. The said judge
and clerk shall conduct such elections, canvass the ballots
and certify the results in the manner prescribed by the
General Election Laws of this State for State and County
elections, except that said judge and clerk shall within
twenty-four hours after the closing of the polls in each
election, deliver into the hands of the Mayor one certifi-
cate or return of the result of the canvass of the ballots
cast in the election, together with the tally sheet, and
shall deliver another certificate or return of the result of
said canvass, together with the other tally sheet, into the
hands of the Mayor Pro Tem, and shall deliver the ballot
box containing the ballots, properly sealed, to the Clerk
in person, who shall retain the same for six months. The
returns shall be received by the Mayor and Council at
their first meeting succeeding the election, and they shall
determine all cases arising thereunder, except as other-
wise may be provided, and any voter who feels that he