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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

extended for the period of four years, thus always leaving two

or three of said Commissioners, as the case may be, in office,

and constituting a board of old and newly elected Commis-

sioners; and any person to be eligible as Commissioner must

be the owner of a freehold or leasehold estate within said

town, and must have resided or carried on his principal busi-

Present terms
not interfere

ness or occupation within the town limits six months pre-

with.

ceding his election ; this section not to interfere with the term

of any Commissioner now in office until the terms for which

they have been elected shall expire.

56. The male citizens of said town of twenty-one years of

Voters quali-
fied.

age or over who have resided therein one year preceding any

election, and all male citizens of like age residing in Somerset

County and owning freehold or leasehold property within the

limits of said town for a term of over two years or over, shall

elect by ballot on the first Wednesday in June, 1904, and bi-

ennially thereafter, on the same day, Commissioners in num-

ber sufficient to fill the place of such Commissioners whose

terms shall have expired ; provided, that, in addition to the

qualifications hereinbefore mentioned, they shall possess the

following qualifications : ( 1 ) Any male citizen of said age

who has never been convicted of an infamous crime in the

State of Maryland or in any other of the States of the United

States, or in any foreign country, shall be entitled to vote.

(2) If prior to January 1, 1868, a citizen of said town was en-

titled to vote in this State or any other State of the United

States at a State election, he shall be entitled to vote; and (3)

If such citizen of said town is a lawful male descendant of a

Disqualifica-
tions.

person who, prior to January 1, 1868, was entitled to vote in
this State or in any other State of the United States at a State

election, he shall be entitled to vote ; and no person not quali-

fied as above mentioned shall be entitled to vote at elections

for Commissioners of Crisfield.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 565.

AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money to pay the Electors of

the President and Vice-President of the United States in

and for the State of Maryland, their officers and attendants.