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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

boundaries thereof to be established, and the record

thereof to be filed amongst the records of the cor-

poration.

Elect five

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the male citizens

commissioners

of said town, of the age of twenty-one years and up-

wards, having resided therein for the space of six

months next preceding the first Monday in May

next, may, on that day, at the town hall in said town,

and on the first Monday in May in each and every

year thereafter, be authorized to elect tive commis-

sioners for said town, who shall have resided within

the limits of the same for at least two years next

preceding the election.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the justices of the

Judges of the
firm election

peace in East New Market election district, are

hereby empowered to act as judges of the first

election for said commissioners, who shall keep the

polls open from two o'clock P. M., until five o'clock

P. M. ; and shall conduct the said electron in the

same manner as an election for delegates to the

General Assembly, (except that registration shall

not be deemed a necessary qualification for voters,)

and as far as may be consistent with the provis-

ions of this act; and the said judges shall make

return under their hands and seals of the persons

elected, to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Dor-

cheater county.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all future elections

All future
elections

shall be held and conducted as shall be from time to

time directed by the laws of the corporation, the

same not being inconsistent with the provisions of

this act.

Choose Presi-

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said commis-

dent

sioners, elected according to the provisions of this

act, shall, on the first meeting after said election,

choose one of the said commissioners President of

the Board, whose duty it shall be to preside at the

meetings of said commissioners, to preserve order,

and give such directions as may be deemed neces-

sary to carry into effect the provisions of this act.

Meetings

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the commissioners

aforesaid, or a majority of them, may meet together