554 FREDERICK COUNTY. [ART. 11.

line and the nearest direction until it strikes a small stream
which passes through Michael Eider's meadow, thence up the
bed of said stream until it strikes the road leading from Wanes-
borough to Emmitsburg, thence in a straight line to the south-
west corner of Andrew Annon's barn, thence in a straight line to
the south-west corner of a lot not numbered, adjoining lot number
sixty-four, in the plan of Emmitsburg aforesaid, thence with the
boundary line of Emmitsburg to the place of beginning, including
Emmitsburg, as it stands in plan upon record as aforesaid,
Shields' Addition to Emmitsburg, and lots of Isaac E. Pearson,
Jacob Motter, Henry Riddlemoser, Andrew Annon and others;

and for sanitary purposes, and to prevent the introduction of
contagious diseases, the powers of the corporation shall extend
to the distance of one mile from the town.

53. The free white male citizens of Emmitsburg, above
twenty-one years of age, who shall have resided in said town
twelve months next preceding the election, shall, on the first
Monday in May, annually, elect a burgess and six commissioners
for said town, each of whom shall have been an inhabitant
thereof at least twelve months next preceding the election, shall
be a citizen of the United States, above twenty-five years of age,
and holding real property in said town.

54. All elections shall be held by one or more judges, in such
manner as shall from time to time be directed by ordinance of the
corporation, and the polls shall be kept open from nine o'clock in
the morning until two o'clock in the afternoon.

55. If the inhabitants of said town shall at any time neglect
to make an election at the time herein required, the power of
electing a burgess and commissioners shall not therefore cease,
but the power of said inhabitants in that respect shall continue,
and the burgess and commissioners for the time being shall
continue in office until such election shall be held, and their
successors are qualified.

56. In case of the death, refusal to act, disqualification, resig-
nation or removal of the burgess or any of the commissioners
out of the limits of the corporation, the commissioners, or a ma-
jority of them for the time being, shall elect a burgess or com-
missioner to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term, and
until a successor shall be elected and qualified.