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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Neglect
election.

Sec. 47. If the inhabitants of said town at any
time neglect to make an election, the power of
electing Commissioners shall not, therefore, cease,
but shall continue as though such election had
been made, and the President and Commissioners
for the time being shall remain in office until such
election shall be held,

Oath.

Sec. 48. Every Commissoner, before he, acts,
shall take an oath before some justice of the peace
of Harford County, that he will diligently and
faithfully, according to the best of his judgment,
perform the duties of a Commissioner of the said
town without favor, partiality or prejudice, and a
certificate of such qualification shall be made and
returned by such justice to the Commissioners, to
be filed and recorded among their proceedings.

Power to
meet.

Sec. 49. The Commissioners shall have power
to meet from time to time, as they shall deem pro-
per, and shall, at their first meeting after an elec-
tion, choose from their own body a President, who
shall preside at all meetings of the Commissioners,
vote on all questions before them, and remain in
office until superceded by the appointment of a
new President, after a new election of Commis-
sioners.

Clerk.

Sec. 50. The Commissioners, or a majority of
them, shall have power to appoint a clerk and
prescribe his duties, and allow him such compen-
sation as they may think proper.

Enter in book.

Sec. 51. All ordinances passed by the Commis-
sioners shall be entered by the clerk in a book to
be kept by him for that purpose, which shall be
open at all times to the inspection of any person
interested.

Lay out
streets.

Sec. 52. They may lay out and continue to the
Susquehanna River and the basin of the Tide-
water Canal, the streets designated on the plat of
said town as Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Van
Buren and Erie streets.

High water.

Sec. 53. They shall determine what was high
water mark before the construction of the basin of
the Tidewater Canal.

Wharves.

Sec. 54. They shall have power and authority
to determine upon and regulate all matters relating