EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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County Commissioners holding over, shall constitute the

County Commissioners of said county ; and thereafter the num-

ber of County Commisioners of said county shall be five, each

serving for six years from the date of their election.

whether said election took place before or after the

passage of this Act. County Commissioners elected

before the passage of this Act shall, until the expira-

tion of their terms, receive an annual salary of five hundred

dollars, and all County Commissioners elected after the pas-

sage of this Act shall receive an annual salary of three hun-

Salary and

dred dollar's and mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile one

mileage.

way for each day's session such member shall be actually

present.

105. There shall be five County Commissioner districts for

Dorchester County, and each one of said five County Com-

missioners shall have charge of a commissioner district; said

district shall be composed of election districts as follows : First

Commissioner
districts.

District shall include Fork District, No. 1; New Market, No. 2 ;

Williamsburg, No. 12, and Hurlock, No. 15. Second District

shall include Vienna, No. 3 ; Drawbridge, No. 11 and Link-

wood, No. 14. Third District shall include Cambridge, No.

7; Neck. No. 8, and Bucktown, No. 13. Fourth District shall

include Taylor's Island, No. 4; Church Creek, No. 9, and Mad-

ison, No. 16. Fifth District shall include Lakes, No. 5;

Hooper's Island, No. 6, and Straits, No. 10.

105C. After the three Commissioners elected at the general

election of 1905 have been elected, the terms of the five County

Commissioners of Dorchester County shall be as follows : The

two County Commissioners elected at said general election of

Elective terms.

1905 for six years shall hold for six years ; the County Com-

missioners elected at said general election of 1905 for four

years shall hold fer four years, and the County Commissioners

elected in 1901 shall hold for six years, and the County Com-

missioner elected at the general election of 1899 shall hold for

six years from the date of his election, and shall not be eligible

for re-election ; and as the respective terms of said County

Commissioners shall expire thereafter their successors shall be

elected to serve for a term of six years.

105A. In case the office of any one or more of the County

Commissioners for Dorchester County shall become vacant

Vacancies by

by death, resignation or otherwise, the Governor shall appoint

death, etc.

a proper person to fill such vacancy until the next general elec-

tion, and if the term of the Commissioners by whose death,