1772 ARTICLE 7.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 7, sec. 66. 1870, ch, 135. 1908, ch. 262, sec. 66 (p. 699).
1910, oh. 80, sec. 66 (p. 703). 1924, ch. 437, sec. 66.

160. The limits of said town of Manchester shall embrace all the land
within the following metes and bounds., courses and distances, to wit:

Beginning at the south end of the east abutment wall of the first culvert
on the down grade of the State road leading from Manchester to Hanover,
this point being at the end of a line drawn North 27 1/8 degrees West
64 1/10 rods from a stone marked B. C. L. standing on the east side of
the aforesaid State road and marking the beginning corner of the present
corporation boundaries, and running thence by lines determined by the
Mayor and Common Council of the said town of Manchester (1) South
19 degrees West 47 rods to a point in the field on hilltop; (2) South 2 3/4
degrees West 37 1/10 rods to the north edge of the Bachman Valley Road
where the same makes a sharp turn toward the northwest; (3) South 2 1/2
degrees East 145 rods to a point in the north edge of the old Westminster
Road and crossing the Manchester-Westchester State Road opposite the
Shriver Sweetcorn Crib and at the end of 88 rods; (4) South 32 1/2 degrees
East 92 rods to a point in a field crossing a lane at the end of 68 rods;
and thence running so as to exclude the buildings on the lands of Walter
Brilhart; (5) North 74 degrees East 85 rods to a point 17 rods east of
the east edge of the State Road from Manchester to Baltimore; (6) North
9 1/4 degrees West 92 6/10 rods to a, point about ten feet inside the ceme-
tery grounds; thence running so as to include the Ice Plant; (7) North
59 1/4 degrees East 108 rods to a point in field 13 1/10 rods beyond a
private road and opposite the corner of a woods at that place; (8) North
8 7/8 degrees west 96 rods to a point in the west edge of the Manchester-
York Road; thence running on the right side of the lane leading in past
Jeremah Henry's buildings so as to include said buildings; (9) North
56 3/8 degrees West 14 rods to a point back of these buildings; (10) North
86 degrees West 17 rods; (11) North 81 1/2 degrees West 128 rods to a
point on hill east of the Manchester-Hanover Road; (12) North 61 de-
grees West 32 rods to the first named place of beginning, as will appear
by reference to certificate and plait fully describing the bounds of the
corporation filed with the Clerk of the 'Circuit Court for Carroll County
for record.

P. L. L., 1888, Art 7, sec. 67. 1878, ch. 122. 1908, ch. 262, sec. 67 (p. 699).
1910, ch. 80, sec. 67 (p. 7011). 1924, ch. 437, sec. 67.

161. The government of the town shall be vested in and enforced by
a Mayor and a Common Council of five members, who shall be elected by
the citizens, male and female, of the town qualified to vote for delegates
to the General Assembly. The Mayor and each Councilman shall be at
least twenty-five years of age, and each shall have been a, resident of said
town for at least twelve months next preceding such election, and the
Mayor and each Councilman, or the wife of each Councilman, shall be
the owner of real estate or leasehold property in said town and a taxpayer
in said town on an assessment of at least five hundred dollars. At the
election to be held in April, 1925, the Mayor and two members of the