3615
DENTON

of April of each and every year thereafter, to appoint as
registrars of voters in the said town, two resident and
qualified voters of the town. The registrars so
appointed shall qualify within five days after their
appointment, and shall, before entering upon their
duties, make oath before a Notary Public in and for the
State of Maryland and Caroline County, that they will
fairly, faithfully and honestly perform their duties as
such registrars. Upon the failure of any said registrar
to qualify, the commissioners shall appoint some other
person duly qualified as substitute registrar and such
person shall, after taking the oath aforesaid hold the
said office for the unexpired term. It shall be the duty
of the commissioners of Denton to supply the registrars
with suitable books or records in which to register
voters in accordance with the provisions hereof, and the
commissioners of Denton shall give at least two weeks
notice in some newspaper of general circulation in
Caroline County of the time and place of the setting of
the registrars for the purpose of registration for
voting, and there shall be a registration of the
qualified voters of the town of Denton on the first,
second and third Mondays in May of 1972, between the
hours of 1 P.M. and 6 P.M. for said registration.
Thereafter the commissioners of Denton shall appoint at
least one other day in May of each succeeding year for
the registration of town voters, of which they shall give
notice by advertisement of public notice. The
commissioners may also appoint other days and hours in
the sitting of said registrars. The registration to be
held in May, 1972, shall be a general registration of the
qualified voters of Denton, and no person shall be
allowed to vote at any town election held thereafter
unless he or she shall have been registered at such times
or at some subsequent registration day. No political
party designation shall be shown with reference to any
registration in said town. The said registrars shall, at
their sittings, record upon the registration books the
names of all persons who are qualified voters of the said
town under the provisions of this sub—title and whose
names are not recorded in said books, who shall apply to
said registrars for registration, together with such
information as the commissioners of Denton may from time
to time by ordinance require to be recorded; and to
strike from said books the names of all deceased persons
and of all persons who shall have removed from the
corporate limits of said town and remained absent for a
period of twelve consecutive months and taken up their
residence elsewhere.

SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That the date of
the adoption of this Resolution is December 6th, 1971,
and that the amendment to the Charter of the
Commissioners of Denton hereby proposed by this enactment