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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Incorporation
of Sykesville,

land, That the citizens of the town of Sykesville, in Carroil and

Carroll

Howard Counties, be and they are hereby created a body cor-

County.

porate by the name of the "Mayor and Common Council of

Sykesville," with all the powers and privileges of a body politic

and corporate, and by such corporate name shall have perpetual

succession, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court

of law or equity ; may have and use a common seal ; may pur-

chase and hold real, personal and mixed property, and sell and

dispose of same for the benefit of the town, and may erect or

lease suitable buildings for municipal purposes.

LIMITS OF SAID TOWN.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the limits of said town

Limits of said
town.

shall be as follows : South 38 deg, west 2 perches from Spring-

field Hospital stone gatepost marked "Springfield" to begin-

ning of the first line running north 41 deg. west 14, pr. line 2

north 44 1/2 deg, west 72, pr. line 3 north 43 1/2 deg. east 30

pr, line 4 north 41 deg. west 35 2-5, pr. line 5 south 52 1/2 deg.

west 75 2-5, pr. to a stone; line 6 south 22 deg. west 105 2-5,

pr. line 7 south 16 deg. west 25, pr. to maple tree; line 8

south 10 1/2 deg. east 1814-5, pr. to cedar tree; line 9 south

50 deg. east 182 1/2, pr. to chestnut tree; line 10 north 54 1/2

deg. east 85, pr. to black oak tree ; line n north 70 1/2 cleg, east

12; pr. line 12 north 74 deg. east 31 3-5, pr. to rock marked

"X ;" line 13 north 2 deg. cast 318; pr. line 14 north 73 1/2

deg. west 642-3, pr. to hickory tree; line 15 north 69 1/2 deg.

west 18 2-25, pr. to beginning of first line.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That the male citizens of said

Qualifications
of voters.

town of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, who shall pos-

sess the qualifications of legally registered voters of this State,

and who shall have resided in said town for the space of six

months next preceding the first Tuesday in May, 1904, shall

elect on that day and each year thereafter, at such place as

shall he selected for the holding of the election, one person, a

legal voter of said town, who has resided therein for two years

at least next preceding the election, to be Mayor of said town.

and six persons to be Common Councilmen of the said town,

who shall possess the same qualifications as the Mayor. No

person shall be eligible as Mayor or as Councilman of said

town unless he be an owner in fee simple of real estate in said

town in his name to the amount of at least five hundred dol-

lars, and shall so remain during his term of office ; and his

term of office shall terminate upon his removal of residence