JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 145
CHAPTER 117.
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AN ACT to incorporate the Town of Huntington,
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Prince George's county.
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SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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Maryland, That the citizens of the Town of Hun-
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Incorporation
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tington, in Prince George's county, are hereby consti-
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tuted a body corporate, by the name of the Commis-
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sioners of Huntington, and by that name may have
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perpetual succession, sue and be sued, and have and
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use a common seal.
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SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the limits, and extent of
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Limits
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said town, shall be the same as laid down and plat-
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ted on the official plat of Huntington as filed and
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recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit
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Court for Prince George's county.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That the said Board of
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Commissioners are hereby empowered, whenever re-
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Extend limits.
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quested by a majority of the legal voters within the
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limits of the proposed extension, to extend and en-
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large the limits of said corporation, by having the
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contemplated extension surveyed, and the bounds
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thereof established, a copy of which survey shall be
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recorded among the records of the corporation.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the legal voters of
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Elect Commis-
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said town, who have resided therein for the apace of
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sioners
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six months next proceeding the first Monday in April
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next, may on that day, at the old Post-office, and on
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the first Monday in April, in each and every year
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thereafter, at such place as may be designated by the
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Board of Commissioners, be authorized to elect three
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commissioners of said town, who shall have resided
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within the limits of the same at least one year next
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proceeding the election, and who shall be property-
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holders within said limits.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That John Seitz, Lemuel
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Judges of the
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Porter and George F. Ebery, are hereby empowered
to act as judges of the first election for said com-
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election.
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missioners, who shall keep the polls open from two
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o'clock P. M. to six o'clock P. M., and shall conduct
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the said election, in the same manner as an elec-
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