JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 829

borough, in Caroline county, shall be and they are
hereby constituted and made a body corporate, by
the name of the President and Commissioners of the
town of Hillsborough, and as such shall have suc-
cession, and by their corporate name, may sue and
be sued, plead and be impleaded, grant, receive and
do all other acts ; may purchase and hold real, per-
sonal and mixed property, and dispose of the same
for the benefit of said town, and have and use a
common seal, which may be broken or altered at
pleasure.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all male citizens	Elect five com-
of the town of Hillsborough aforesaid, above twenty-	missioners
one years of age, who shall have bona fide resided
within the corporate limits of said town for and
during the space of three months, and twelve months
in the State next preceding the election, shall, on the
first Saturday in May, in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and seventy-four, at the academy
in said town, and on the first Saturday in May in
each and every year thereafter, at said academy, or
some other place appointed by the commissioners,
be authorized to elect five j udicious and discreet per-
sons commissioners for the said town.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That no person shall be
elected to the office of commissioner in said town for	Not eligible
the time being, who shall not have resided twelve
months in said town immediately previous to said election, and at the time conducting some business
or having a family living in said town.
SEC. 4. And be, it enacted, That every board of
commissioners thus duly elected shall, at their first
meeting, proceed to elect by ballot one from among	Elect president
their number as president, who shall hold that posi-
tion during the time for which he was elected as
commissioner, or until superseded by the election of
a new president, after a new election as aforesaid.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said commis-
sioners shall have power to appoint from among their	Powers
number a clerk, and assign his duties and allow him
such pay for his services as they may think proper,
and that all ordinances passed by said commissioners
or a majority of them, shall, by their clerk, be enter-