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64. The judges of elections in the several election districts in
said county may, in their discretion, appoint two of the con-
stables of their respective districts to attend on the days of
election at the place of receiving votes, for the purpose of pre-
serving the peace.

ELKTON.

65. The town commissioners of Elkton are a body politic, by
the style and name of " The President and Commissioners of the
town of Elkton," and by that name shall be capable of suing and
being sued, and may have a common seal, which they may break
or alter at their pleasure.

66. They shall be seven in number, and shall be elected on the
first Monday of May annually, and all free white male citizens
above twenty-one years of age who shall own property as-
sessed in the limits of the town and shall have paid their assess-
ment, and all free white male citizens above twenty-one years of
age who shall have bona fide resided in said town two years next
preceding the election at which they shall offer to vote, shall be
entitled to vote for commissioners of said town.

67. The said commissioners shall annually, on the first Monday
of May, appoint some person to act as judge of said election, who
shall open the polls at three o'clock P.M. and close the same at
six o'clock P.M., and the persons who shall have the majority of
votes shall be declared elected commissioners for the ensuing year.

68. If at any election for commissioners it shall appear by the
certificate of the judge of said election that any two or more
persons voted for as commissioners have received the same
number of votes, so that there is no choice for an entire board,
but a vacancy in one or more seats, if there shall be as many as
five duly elected, the persons so elected shall assemble imme-
diately, and having qualified as commissioners, shall proclaim a
new election to supply the vacancies occasioned by the failure to
elect, giving at least five days' notice of said election.

69. If it shall not appear that five of the persons voted for
have been duly elected, or if the persons duly elected shall fail to
assemble and proclaim a new election for the space of five days,
the old board of commissioners, or any five of them, shall
assemble and proclaim a new election, giving at least five days'
notice thereof.