GEORGE HOWARD, ESQ GOVERNOR.

1831.

ers of Jefferson, with all the privileges of a body corporate,

CHAP. 299.

and to have a common seal, and perpetual succession.

Sec. 4 And be it enacted, That every free white male

Election of Com-

citizen of Jefferson aforesaid, of the age oi twenty one years,

missioners.

and upwards, having resided in the said place for and du-

ring the space of six months, next preceding the election,

may, on the fourth day of July next, at the house occupied

now as a tavern, by Daniel Shower, and on the fourth day

of July in each and every year hereafter, at such house as

shall hereafter be designated as the Town Hall, by the mu-

nicipality, be authorised to elect five commissioners for the

said town, who shall have resided within the limits of the

same, six months next proceeding the election.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted. That a justice of the peace, for

Judges of elections

the time being, residing in the said town, shall appoint, by

writing under his hand and seal, one judge, to hold the first

election, who shall keep the polls open from nine o'clock in

the morning, in the same manner in which the judges of

elections are now by law directed to conduct an election for

delegates to the general assembly, as far as may be consis-

tent with the provisions of this act; and the said judge shall

Returns

make return, under his hand and seal, of the persons elected.

to the clerk of Frederick county, to be by him kept.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That all future elections shall

Future elections.

be held and conducted as shall be from time to time direct-

ed by the by-laws of the corporation, the same not being

inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners.

President.

elected according to the provisions of this act, shall, on the

first meeting after said election, choose some one of the said

commissioners president o! the board, whose duty it shall

be to preside at the meetings of the said commissioners, and

preserve order, and give such directions as may be deemed

necessary, by the said commissioners, to carry into full ef-

fect the provisions of this act.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That the commissioners afore-

Meetings of the
board.

said, or a majority of them, may meet together, from time

to time, as often as occasion may require, upon the business

of said Jefferson, and not less than once in every three

months, and if during the year for which they may be elect-

ed, any of the commissioners should die, resign, remove

from said town, or be non compos, or otherwise disqualifi-

Case of vacancy

ed, an election to fill the vacancy shall be held, at which all

persons qualified as is specified in the fourth section of

this act, shall be entitled to a vote.

Sec. 9. And it be enacted, That the said comissioners, or

Clerk.

a majority of them, shall have power to appoint a clerk