860 TALBOT COUNTY. [ART. 20.

129. The gates on the public road dividing the counties of
Talbot and Queen Anne's which are hung and open on the
Talbot side of said road, shall bo deemed and taken to belong to
Talbot county.

SAINT MICHAEL'S.

130. The citizens of Saint Michael's in Talbot county qualified
to vote for delegates to the General Assembly, shall annually,
on the first Monday in April, between the hours of two and five
o'clock, p. M., elect five persons who are above the age of twenty-
one years and have resided in said town one year preceding the
election, commissioners of said town, and the persons so elected
are hereby declared to be a body politic by the name of " The
Commissioners of Saint Michael's," and by that name may sue
and be sued, and may have and use a common seal, and may
break and alter the same at pleasure.

.131. The said voters shall also at the same time elect one
person as bailiff of said town, qualified in all respects as a com-
missioner, and all such elections shall be held at such place as
may be designated by the said commissioners.

132. The commissioners who shall have had the highest num-
ber of votes at the last election shall be judges of said election,
and shall take an oath before one of said commissioners, or a
justice of the peace, duly and faithfully to perform their duty as
judges.

133. The said judges shall appoint a clerk, who shall take
down the name of each voter and the person or persons he may
vote for as commissioners or bailiff, and the judges shall at the
closing of the polls count the votes given to each candidate, and
publicly declare the five persons who have the most votes for
commissioners, and the person who has the most votes for bailiff,
and cause the same to be entered on the records of the clerk of
the commissioners.

134. In case of a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the
commissioners, or a majority of them, may fill such vacancy
by appointing a person qualified as aforesaid, and in case of
vacancy in the office of bailiff, the said commissioners, at their
first regular meeting after such vacancy shall happen, shall elect
a person qualified as aforesaid to fill such vacancy.