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of Betterton now possessing a system of sewerage for the purpose of pro-
viding a system of sewerage in any other section or sections of Betterton,
and which said system of sewerage has been heretofore laid and con-
structed between the streets known as Bay View Road and Park Street,
and between the Boulevard and First Avenue; and the Commissioners of
Betterton shall, through proper Ordinances, provide ample protection to
all property owners now enjoying the benefits of said system of sewerage
against overloading said system in the future by the construction of any
new or additional system or systems of sewerage or otherwise.

1906, ch. 227, sec. 3. 1908, ch. 714 (p. 873), sec. 3.

43, There shall be three Commissioners for the town of Betterton,
who shall be elected for a term of three years, all of whom shall be quali-
fied voters of said town elections, and above twenty-one years of age, and
shall serve without pay and until their successors are duly elected and
qualified. The first election for Commissioners under this Act shall take
place on the last Saturday of May, 1908, between the hours of two and
six P. M. Immediately after said Commissioners shall be assembled in
consequence of said election they shall be divided by lot in three classes.
The seat of the Commissioner of the first class shall be vacated at the
expiration of one year, of the second class, at the expiration of two years,
and of the third class, at the expiration of three years from said first
election, so that thereafter one Commissioner shall be elected every year
on the last Saturday in May. That the legal voters of Betterton who
have resided within the corporate limits six months preceding an election,
and all persons who own any interest in real estate in said town, of the
age of twenty-one years and upwards shall be entitled to vote at said elec-
tion, and at any election held for the choosing of said Commissioners on
the last Saturday of May in each of the years after the year nineteen hun-
dred and eight. That a majority of said Commissioners shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business. The said Commissioners shall
meet on the first Saturday in June of each year on and after the year
1908, and take the oath of office to support and maintain the Constitution
and laws of the State of Maryland, and to perform the duties of their
office as Commissioners of Betterton, to the best of their ability, without
fear, favor, affection or partiality. They shall, therefore,choose one of their
number as their president, who shall also act as executive officer of said
Commissioners of said town of Betterton. The said Commissioners shall
also choose, not necessarily from among the members thereof, a secretary
and treasurer, who shall continue in office for the term of one year, unless
sooner removed for cause by said Commissioners, and the said Commis-
sioners shall require of said treasurer a bond in the penalty to be by them
fixed, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as such treasurer.
In the case of the absence of the presiding officer of said Commissioners
they may choose from among their number a president pro tem, who
shall preside at such meeting. The treasurer shall in no case pay out
any money except upon written order of the president or executive officer