The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-02-24

mary elections shall be cast, count
ed and canvassed, and the result
of the election announced and GER
titled in the City of Hagerstown as
now provided by the election laws
of Maryland; and said primary cleo
tions shall be held and conducted
and determined in the manner and
form provided by said State laws, in
SO far as the same are or may be
applicable to said primary elections,
and except as may be herein pro-
yided. And the provisions of the
said State election laws, governing
election contests, are hereby express
ly declared to be applicable to such
primary elections. Challengers and
watchers representing the candidates
in any said primary elections shall
be allowed to be present at the sew
eral voting places during the voting
and counting of the ballots, as pro
vided by law with respect to gen
eral elections. AS each voters name
shall be entered in the poll book
kept by the clerks of election, there
shall be entered opposite his name
the name of the party whose can
didate or candidates he voted for.
If more names are marked for any
office than there are persons to be
voted for, such ballots shall not be
counted for such candidates.
81. The Council of Hagerstown is
authorized and empowered to es-
tablish and cause to be maintained
a permanent registration of the le-
gal voters in the City wards and
precincts of said City, and the gen
eral registration of voters heretofore
made, together with such additions,
changes and alterations, as may
have been made in accordance with
the law in force at the time of the
establishment of said permanent
registration, and together with such
additions, changes and alterations as
may be, or become necessary shall
constitute such initial permanent
registration; said registration shall
be corrected and maintained in the
manner provided in the permanent
registration law of the State appli-
cable to Washington County, in so
far as such law is applicable to the
City of Hagerstown, and shall spe-
city the residence of the voter in
each street lane or alley, and such
registration shall be essential to the
right of voting at any primary or
general election for the office of May
or and Councilman, or at any spe-
cial election, but shall not be con-
elusive evidence of such right to
vote The City of Hagerstown may
enter into a contract with the Su-
pervisors of Election of Washington
County, the County Commissioners
of Washington County, or any other
proper authority, to provide and
maintain the permanent registration
hereinbefore provided for.
%. The Board of Supervisors of
Election in the City of Hagerstown
may, whenever in their judgment
the interests of the City of Hagers-
town so require it, with the APPROX
al of the Council, select two persons
of different political parties in each |
precinct to act as officers of regis
tration, who shall sit as officers of
registration at the usual polling |
places in each precinct on the sec
ond Tuesday in January, and the
first Tuesday in March in the year
of any general election. They shall |
also sit on Wednesday of the week
following the registration day last
mentioned for the sole purpose OF
hearing applications for reinstate-
ment by persons whose names Shall
have been stricken off. Ten days
public notice of such sittings shall
be given by the City Clerk by adj
vertisement in at least one daily |
of said City. Such Off
GERS of registration shall be residents
of the precinct of which they are
appointed, and they shall register
in books or on cards to be prepared
for the purpose, all citizens above
the age of twenty-one years, who
shall have the requisite qualifications
to entitle them to vote for Mayor.
The compensation of officers of reg
istration shall be the same as the
compensation allowed judges of cleo
ton.
%. Every person who shall have
resided in the State of Maryland and
in the City of Hagerstown for
twelve months, and in the ward or
precinct wherein he or she offers to
register for six months next pre-