1106 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 695]

Wards.

SEC. 192. The said town of Laurel shall be, for election
purposes, divided into three wards as follows:

Ward No. 1.

The first ward shall embrace all of said town lying westerly
of a line drawn from the southerly limits of the town at a point
where the westerly line of Church street intersects said limits,
and running from thence northerly along the westerly line of
Church street to Main street, and thence in a straight line by
the same course to the Patuxent river.

Ward No. 2.

The second ward shall embrace all of said town between the
above-mentioned line and a line drawn from a point in the
southerly limits of said town where the westerly line of Fourth
street intersects it, and running from thence northerly to Main
street, along said westerly line of Fourth street, thence to the
westerly side of Race street, and thence with said side of Race
street to the Patuxent river.

Ward No. 3.

The third ward shall embrace all the residue of the said town
lying easterly from the westerly line of Fourth street and Race
street.

Government.

SEC. 193. The government of the said town shall be vested
in a Mayor and five Councilmen, to be elected as hereinafter
provided.

Mayor.

SEC. 194. The Mayor of said town shall be a person of
known integrity, experience and sound judgment, not less than
thirty years of age, not less than ten years a citizen of the
United States, and a resident of the said town for two years
next preceding his election, and assessed upon the assessment
books of said town for not less than three hundred dollars and
shall nave paid taxes thereon for not less than one year previous
to his election; and the said Mayor shall hold office for two
years and until the qualification of his successor. And the
salary of the said Mayor shall be fifty dollars per annum.

Councilmen.

SEC. 195. The City Councilmen of said town shall be citi-
zens of the United States above the age of twenty-five years,
residents of the said town for not less than two years next pre-