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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

value of at least three hundred dollars; and the said Com-

missioners shall be elected on the first Monday of May in each

year by the adult male citizens of the said town who shall have

resided therein for six months, and who shall also be citizens

of the United States; and the said Town Commissioners shall

serve without compensation, either direct or indirect.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of said

Commissioners
to be election

town shall be judges of all elections, and the proceedings thereof

judges.

shall be recorded under their direction Every Commissioner

before he proceeds to act as judge of election shall make oath

that he will faithfully and impartially permit every person to

vote at such election who shall be qualified to vote, and that he

will not suffer any person to vote at such election who shall

not, in his judgment, be qualified to vote. Every person elected

as Commissioner, before he enters upon the duties of his office,

shall make oath before some justice of the peace that he will

diligently and faithfully, without favor or partiality or preju-

Oath.

dice, perform the duties of a Commissioner of said town, and

a certificate of such qualification shall be returned by said jus-

tice to the Commissioners, who shall record and file the same

among their proceedings.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners at their

President of
Board.

first meeting after being qualified according to law, shall choose

some one of their number president thereof, whose duty it

shall be to preside at all meetings of the Board, preserve order

and give such directions as may be deemed necessary by the

Commissioners to carry into effect the provisions of this sub-

title of this Article ; and to give the casting vote in case of a, tie.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That they may meet together,

Town Hall.

from time to time, at such house as may be designated by them

as the Town Hall, as often as occasion may require upon the

business of said town, but not less than once in every three

months ; and if, during the year for which they may be elected,

any of the Commissioners should die, resign or remove from

the said town, refuse to act, or be otherwise disqualified, an

election to fill such vacancy shall be held, at which all per-

sons as specified in Section I shall be entitled to vote.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the metes and bounds of the

Boundaries of
corporation.

town of Vienna shall be as follows : Beginning at the Nanti-

coke river on the line with the B., C. & A. Railroad bridge

where it crosses the Nanticoke river; thence with said railroad

until it intersects the county road leading from Vienna to

Indian town; thence on a line parallel to Front street one-

fourth of a mile or until it intersects the county road leading