DORCHESTER COUNTY. 2165

Fifth Ward: This ward begins at the middle of Cambridge Creek on
the line from the foot of Cemetery Avenue parallel with Maryland Ave-
nue in East Cambridge; thence with said line to the stone on the county
road to East Cambridge; thence with the extreme eastern boundary line
to the Choptank River, and out into the said river in the same direction
to the middle thereof; thence down the middle of said river to intersect
the line of the First Ward; thence with said line to the mouth of Cam-
bridge Creek; thence up said creek with the middle thereof to the place
of beginning.

RECOEDS.

1900, ch. 339, sec. 44. 1904, ch. 395, sec. 44.

46. The Commissioners shall provide and keep three classes of record
books: First, the minute books; second, the ordinance books; third, the
general record books. They shall also keep an assessment book, and they
may keep such other books as may be necessary. The minute books shall
contain memoranda and entries showing the proceedings of the Commis-
sioners as they occur. When an ordinance is passed, the minute book
shall show its number and title, and shall set forth the number of Commis-
sioners who voted for and the number who voted against it. The minute
book shall also show the transactions of the Commissioners, and a memo-
randum of all contracts entered into by the Commissioners shall be entered
in said book, together with the names of the Commissioners who voted for
and those who voted against such contract. All ordinances passed by the
Commissioners shall be set out in full in the ordinance book, with the
proper number affixed thereto and the date of the enactment of such ordi-
nance placed at the end thereof. The Commissioners of Cambridge are
hereby declared to have full power and authority to pass all ordinances
which have been passed by the said Commissioners, and all ordinances so
passed and recorded in the ordinance book, now in use by the Commis-
sioners, are hereby declared to be valid and in full force and effect. In
the general record book shall be recorded all notices, papers, documents,
petitions, certificates and other papers connected with the election of Com-
missioners and other municipal elections, all contracts, in full, entered
into by the Commissioners with other persons, and all other papers and
documents which the Commisisoners may order to be recorded therein.
Extracts from any of the municipal record books, copies from any papers
or documents, recorded therein, and copies of any ordinance set out in the
ordinance book shall be admissible in evidence, when pertinent and rele-
vant, in any of the courts of this State, or before any justice of the peace
thereof, when verified by a certificate signed by the town clerk and au-
thenticated by the corporate seal, provided, that the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Dorchester County, when the extract or copies are to be used
outside of said county, shall certify by his hand and the seal of the said
court that the person who verifies the said extract or copy is the Town
Clerk of Cambridge; and provided, that no extract shall be made by the