CAROLINE COUNTY. 1683

1896, ch. 178, sec. 5. 1916, ch. 114, sec. 5.

480. The government of said town shall be vested in and enforced by
three Commissioners who shall be elected by the inhabitants of said town
qualified to vote for Delegates to the General Assembly; the said Commis-
sioners shall be at least twenty-five years of age and payers of taxes on the
assessed value of at least five hundred dollars worth of property, subject
to municipal taxation, and shall have resided at least two years within said
town. At the election for Commissioners to be held in April, 1917, the
Commissioner receiving the highest number of votes shall hold office for a
period of three years, the one receiving the next highest number of votes
shall hold office for a period of two years and the one receiving the next
highest number of votes shall hold office for a period of one year, and if at
said election there should be a tie between two or more candidates with the
highest number of votes, the one to hold office for three years shall be pub-
licly determined by lot, after due notice to the parties interested, by the
Judges of Election; and if at said election there should be a tie between
two or more candidates with the next highest number of votes, the one to
hold office for two years shall be publicly determined by lot after due notice
as aforesaid; and if at said election there should be a tie between two or
more candidates with the next highest number of votes, the one to hold
office for one year shall be publicly determined by lot after due notice as
aforesaid. At the election to be held in April, 1918, there shall be one
Commissioner elected for a period of three years and one Commissioner
for a like period each year thereafter. Said election shall be held annually
on the fourth Monday of April at such place in said town as shall be
designated by the Commissioners between the hours of two and five o'clock
P. M. The Commissioners shall give at least two weeks' notice of the
election in one or more newspapers published in Caroline County, and by
such other means as they may elect; and they shall appoint three Judges of
Election, the Judges shall keep a record of the persons voting and the per-
sons voted for, and the persons having the highest number of votes shall be
declared duly elected; the Judges of Election shall notify the persons
elected of their election, and the persons so elected shall severally hold their
respective offices from the second Monday of May next ensuing the election
for and during the terms respectively of three, two and one year, and until
their successors shall be elected and qualified. Said Judges shall conduct
such election in accordance with the ordinance prescribing same, which
shall require them to make return to the Commissioners and provide for the
preservation of the ballots for a period of four months. If notice of such
election shall not be given as hereinbefore required, or if the Judges of
Election shall not be appointed or shall refuse to act five or more voters
of said town may call the election of said officers by notices set up in at
least four of the most public places in said town, not less than one week
previous to said election, therein naming the time and place to hold such
election and naming three Judges thereof, who or any two of whom may
hold such election and have the same powers in respect thereto as the
Judges appointed by the Commissioners.