straight line to Sycamore Point, and thence again
by a straight line from Sycamore Point to the
wharf at Fort Madison, and thence by a line
drawn from the wharf at Fort Madison, to the
south wall of the Naval Academy at the eastern
terminus of Hanover street, and following the
present enclosure of the Naval Academy to the
Severn river at the northeastern terminus of Tab-ernacle
street, thence along the south shore of
said river and College Creek to the head of said
creek, thence by a straight line from the head of
said creek, thence by a straight line from the head
of College Creek to the head of Acton's Cove, on
Spa Creek, and thence following the northeast
of said creek to the place of beginning; and the
citizens of Annapolis qualified to vote for mem-
bers of the General Assembly of Maryland, shall,
on the first Monday of April nest, and every two
years thereafter, elect by ballot a Mayor, Recorder,
and five Aldermen, who shall constitute the cor-
poration of said city, under the name and style of
the Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of the city of
Annapolis.

Sec. 34. In case of the death, refusal to serve,
disqualification or removal out of the city of any
of the members of the corporation, a majority of
the remaining members shall fill the vacancy for
the residue of the term.

Vacancies.

Sec. 41. The Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen
shall have power to enact all laws and ordinances
necessary to preserve the health of the city, to
prevent and remove nuisances, to prevent the
introduction of contagious disease within the city,
to establish night watches and patrols, and light
the city, to establish new streets, lanes and alleys,
and to widen and extend, stop up, or discontinue,
new streets, lanes and alleys, which may hereafter
be opened in virtue of the power hereby invested
in the Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of the city
of Annapolis, but nothing herein contained shall
relate to, or in any manner affect any streets,
lanes or alleys which have been at any time here-
tofore opened and used as public highways, and
that when any street, lane or alley is opened,
widened or closed by the corporation, the full
value of all property taken and used for such pub-

Powers of
corporation.