ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 885

after he fixed by the Commissioners of said village, not containing more than four hundred acres of land.
Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the citizens of Denton who have resided in said village for six months previous to the day of election, and who are qualified to vote for delegates to the General Assembly, shall on the fourth Monday of April, annually, at such place as the Commissioners of	Qualified vo- ters.
said village shall appoint, elect by ballot five per- sons, residents and qualified voters of said village, Commissioners of Denton.	Commission- ers.
Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the Commis- sioners, or a majority of them, shall be Judges of said election, and the proceedings shall be recorded under their direction; and every Commissioner,	Judges of elec- tion.
before he opens an election, shall make oath before a Justice of the Peace, that he will faithfully and impartially permit every person to vote at such election who shall be qualified to vote for Commis- sioners of said village, and that he will not suffer any person to vote at such election who shall not be legally qualified to vote.	Oath.
Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That if at any time an election shall not be had for Commissioners at the time mentioned in this Article, an election may he held at any time after ten days' notice thereof shall have been given by the Commission- ers or a majority of them.	Hold over.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That if any vacancy shall occur by the death, resignation, removal or refusal to act of one or more of the Commissioners elected as aforesaid, the remaining Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall elect a proper person to fill said vacancy.	Vacancy, how filled.
Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That if at any elec- tion held under this Article two or more persons shall receive the same number of votes for Com- missioners of said village, the judges of the said election shall, after having given five days' notice of the time and place, proceed to hold another election to fill up said Board of Commissioners, and the person or persons receiving the highest number of votes at said election shall, with those previously chosen, if any, constitute the Commis- sioners of Denton for the year ending.	Must have majority of votes .