JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 691

corporate, by the name of the " Commissioners of
Sharptown," and by that name may have perpetual
succession, sue and be sued, and have and use a
common seal.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the limits of said
town shall begin at low water mark, on the south	Limits of said town
side of the Nanticoke river, and running south twen-
ty and one-half degrees, east to the north corner of
Jonathan J. Robinson's lot ; and running the above-
named course, two hundred and thirty-three perches,
or until it comes straight with the north-west end of
John Welsen's land; thence eouth seventy-two de-
grees, west one hundred and eighty-nine perches to
a road; thence north twenty and one-half degrees,
west one hundred and sixty-two perches, with the
road to low water mark ; thence up the Nanticoke
river to the beginning ; the commissioners hereafter	Alterations
to be elected, may make such alterations in said lim-
its, as they may deem advisable, and cause the same
to be surveyed and the boundaries thereof to be es-
tablished, and the record thereof to be filed amongst
the records of the corporation.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the male citizens
of said town of the age of twenty-one years and up- wards, having resided therein for the space of six	Elect five commissioners.
months next proceeding the first Monday in June
next, may on that day, at the town-hall in said town,
and on the first Monday in June in each and every
year thereafter, be authorized to elect five 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
peace in the Sharptown election district are hereby	Judges of the first election
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 election in the same manner as
an election for delegates to the General Assembly,
(except that registration shall not be deemed a ne-
cessary qualification for voters), and as far as may be
consistent with the provisions of this act ; and the
said judges shall make return under their hands and
seals of the persons elected, to the Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court for Wicomico county.