THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 701

CHAPTER 381. AN ACT to amend the Public Local Laws of Kent County, title Chestertown, by repealing Sections thirty-five and forty-six, and to re-enact the same as amended.
SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Section thirty-five of the Pub- lic Local Laws, title Kent county, sub-title Ches- tertown, incorporating the citizens of Chestertown and prescribing the manner of electing commis- sioners, and Section forty-six of the said Public Local Laws, title Chestertown, relating to assess- ment of property and the levying of taxes, be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows :	Repealed and re-enacted.
Sec. 35. The white male citizens of Chestertown in Kent county, of twenty-one years of age and upwards, the owners of real estate in said town in their own right or in right of their wife, and who have resided in Chestertown or the precincts thereof one whole year next preceding the day of election, shall annually on the fourth Monday in May, elect seven persons of lawful age, each of whom shall be the owner of real property in said town in his own right, or in the right of his wife, and shall reside therein, commissioners for said town, and the persons so elected by the name of " The Commissioners of Chestertown," are hereby de- clared to be a body politic with power to sue and be sued, and use a common seal and the same to alter at their pleasure.	Elect com- missioners.
Sec. 46. The said commissioners shall procure from the Clerk of the County Commissioners for said county, who is hereby authorized and required under the penalty of five hundred dollars to be recovered on presentment or indictment in the Circuit Court of Kent county for their use, to furnish the same, between the tenth day of June and the twentieth day of July, an assessment of all the real property and houses within the limits of said town, and the names of the persons assessed therewith, and may levy on the property so assessed such sum of money as they may deem necessary, not exceding	Procure an assessment.