Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-05
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such notice. Qualified citizens
may register at the established
administrative offices of the City
on any day in which those offices
are open for official business ana
at such additional times and
places as may be designated by
the Board of Supervisors OF Eiec-
tons, subject to the exception
that no person may register or
transfer within thirty 800 days
preceding or ten 10) days fol
lowing a general or special cleo
ton. The Board shall appoint as
Registrar one of the qualified en-
ployees of the City from an office
designated by the City Manager.
1t shall be the duty of the Board
to keep the registration lists up
to date by striking from the list
names of persons known to have
died or to have moved out Of the
City, or who shall have failed to
vote in three successive general
elections. The Council shall, by
ordinance, adopt and enforce such
provisions as may be necessary
to etablish and maintain system
of permanent registration. If any
person shall feel agrieved by the
action of the Board in refusing
to register or in striking off a
name of any person or by any
other action such person may ap-
peal to the Circuit Court of Mont
gomery County and its decision
shall be final.
No person shall be a candidate
for any elective public office in
the government of the City of
Rockville unless such person shall
be nominated by petition when he
or someone on his behalf shall
file, on or before the first day Of
April next preceding the general
election in which he desires to be
voted on, with the Board GER
tificate signed by at least one
hundred qualified voters contain
ing the name of the candidate, a
statement of the office which he
seeks, and a statement that the
signers intend to vote for the
person named therein. On the
last Monday in April of every
even numbered year the qualified
voters of the City shall elect one
person as Mayor and four per-
sons as Councilmen to serve for
terms of two years. 1t shall be the
duty of the Council to provide for
each special and general election
a suitable place or places for vot-
ing and suitable ballot boxes and
ballots or voting machines. The
ballots or voting machines shall
show the names of each candidate
nominated for elective office in
accordance with the provisions
of this Charter, arranged in
alphabetical order by office with
no party or principle designation
of any kind. The Board shall keep
the polls open from 700 a. m. to
800 p. m. on election days. With
in forty-eight (48) hours after
the closing of the polls the Board
shall determine the vote cast for
each candidate or question and
shall certify the results of the
election to the City Clerk who
shall record the results in the
Minutes of the Council. Any per-
son conceiving himself agrieved
by reason of such determination
of the Board may appeal to the
Circuit Court for Montgomery
County which shall hear and de-
termine the same and determine
who shall pay the costs of appeal.
The candidate for Mayor with
the highest number of votes in
the general election shall be de-
clared elected as Mayor. Four
candidates for Councilmen with
the highest number of votes in
the general election shall be de-
clared elected as Councilmen. In
the case of tie in the highest
number of votes for Mayor or in
the case of a tie in the votes for
Councilmen wherein no candidate
received the fourth highest mum
Der of votes then in either of
such events there shall be run
off election between the candi.
dates receiving the tie vote to be
held after thirty 800 days notice.
All ballots or official voting ma
chine TALES of any City election