DORCHESTER COUNTY. 2229

first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month of November, 1917,
there shall be no County Commissioners elected in Dorchester County,
and at the general election to be held in said county on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in the month of November, 1919, there shall be
but one County Commissioner elected in said county for a term of six
years, and at the general election to be held in said county on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1921, there shall be two
County Commissioners elected for said county, each for a term of six
years. And the said three County Commissioners shall constitute the-
Board of County Commissioners of said county; and thereafter the num-
ber of County Commissioners of said county shall be three, each of them
and the successor of each of them serving for six years from the date of
their election; each of the said Commissioners shall receive an annual
salary of five hundred dollars and mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile
one way for each day's session such member shall be actually present.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 10, sec. 105. 1878, ch. 160. 1892, ch. 375, sec. 105.
1004, ch. 252, sec. 105. 1916, ch. 429, sec. 105.

143. There shall be three County Commissioner districts for Dorches-
ter County, after the said election in November, 1917, and one of said
three County Commissioners shall have charge of one Commissioner Dis-
trict; the said Commissioner Districts shall be composed of election dis-
tricts as follows: Fork District or No. 1; East New Market District or-
No. 2; Williamsburg District or No. 12; Hurlock District or No. 15;
Vienna District or No. 3; and Linkwood District or No. 14. Commis--
sioner's District No. 2 shall be composed of Cambridge or District No. 7,
Neck or District No. 8, Drawbridge or District No. 11, Bucktown or
District No. 13, Salem or District No. 17 and District No. 9 or Church
Creek. The Third Commissioner District shall consist of Madison or
District No. 16, Taylors Island or District No. 4, Hoopers Island or Dis-
trict No. 6, Lakes or District No. 5, Straits or District No. 10 and Elliotts
Island or District No. 18. .

1904, ch. 252, sec. 105A. 1916, ch. 429, sec. 105-1.

144. The two County Commissioners now in office elected at the gen-
eral election in 1911, shall hold office until the election in 1917, after-
which the said Board of Commissioners shall consist of three as afore-
said, and their successors shall hold office for terms of six years, and as
his or their respective term or terms of said County Commissioner or
Commissioners shall expire thereafter, his or their successor or successors
shall be elected to serve for a term of six years.*

1904, ch. 252, sec. 105B. 1916, ch. 429, sec. 105-2.

145. In case the office of any one or more of the County Commissioners,
for Dorchester County shall become vacant by death, resignation or other-
wise, the Governor of the State shall appoint a proper person to fill such

*All county officers are now elected for terms of four years under Art. 17 of Md.
Constitution.