706                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 423

26. (Cost of Referendum.) The expenses of the referendum elec-
tion shall be defrayed by the Board of County Commissioners or
County Council, but if the referendum vote results in incorporation,
the municipal corporation shall repay the total amount of such
expenses to the Board or Council, within one year following the
effective date of the incorporation.

27.   (Registration of Charter.) At the time of making public proc-
lamation as to the vote on the question of incorporation, under the
proposed charter, the Board of County Commissioners or County
Council shall send separately BY REGISTERED MAIL to the Secre-
tary of State of Maryland and to the Department of Legislative Refer-
ence the following information concerning the charter

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Provided, however, that the text of the charter need not
be so submitted to the Secretary of State and the Department of
Legislative Reference if the municipal corporation is to be governed
under and according to the municipal charter contained in Article
23B of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Municipal Corporation
Charter". In such latter event the fact shall be stated to the Secretary
of State and the Department of Legislative Reference.

28.   (Codification of Charter.) The exact text of the charter of
the municipal corporation, adopted under the provisions of this sub-
title and as amended from time to time, shall thereafter be included
in any edition or codification of the charter of the municipal corpo-
ration. Provided, however, that the charter shall not be included
in any Code of Public Local Laws for the county or for the State if
the municipal corporation is being governed under and according to
the municipal charter contained in Article 28B of the Annotated Code
of Maryland, title "Municipal Corporation Charter".

29.   (Town Officers.) (a) Town officers shall be nominated by a
certificate of nomination filed by each candidate, with the Board of
County Commissioners or County Council, giving in each instance
the name and residence address of the candidate, together with a
statement of the particular office to which he aspires. Thereupon,
the Board or Council, together with the Board of Supervisors of
Elections for the county, shall prepare ballots or the voting machines
so as to permit the registered voters of the particular area to vote
upon the several candidates who are so nominated. The election of
officers for the municipal corporation shall be arranged for and con-
ducted at the same time and at the same place or places as the refer-
endum election on the question of incorporation, and subject generally
to the same procedures and practices. A vote cast against the pro-
posed incorporation of the municipal corporation shall not be held to
bar the voter from expressing his choices among the nominees for
the several offices, and if less than a majority of those who vote on
the question of incorporation cast their votes in favor thereof, the
votes cast for election to the several offices shall be null and void and
of no effect whatsoever.