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name may have perpetual succession, sue and be sued, have and use a
common seal, and may purchase and hold real estate, or dispose of the
same for the benefit of said town.

1924, ch. 154, sec. 2.

399. The boundaries of the said town shall be as follows: Beginning
where the Shepard Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad intersects
the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, said point being in the corpo-
ration line of the Town of Hyattsville, then running with the Hyattsville
Corporation boundary line northerly to the Riverdale Corporation line,
then with the Riverdale Corporation line to a point north seventy degrees
(70) west from the intersection of the Edmonston Road with Carter's
Lane, running from thence to a point four hundred and twenty feet west
of Edmonston Road as it now runs and parallel with the Edmonston Road
maintaining at all points a distance of four hundred and twenty feet from
said road to the Bladensburg Corporation line, then with the north line
of the Bladensburg Corporation line to the Eastern Branch, then with the
Eastern Branch to the beginning.

1924, ch. 154 sec. 3.

400. The Town of Edmonston shall be divided in two wards, as fol-
lows: First Ward—That portion of the town lying between the western
boundary line and the East Branch of the Potomac River. Second Ward
—That portion of the town lying between the East Branch of the Potomac
River and the eastern boundary line of said town.

1924, ch. 154, sec. 4.

401. The officers of said town shall consist of a Mayor, four Council-
men and Treasurer, Mayor and Treasurer to be elected by the combined
vote of the said town, and four Councilmen to be elected, two by each
ward, and such appointive officers as are hereinafter designated, or shall
be appointed by the Mayor and Town Council, and each officer appointed
shall continue to hold office for such term as the Mayor and Town Council
shall designate, or until his successor is duly qualified. Before entering
upon the duties of his office, each officer shall take oath that he will dili-
gently and faithfully discharge all duties of his office without favor, par-
tiality or prejudice, and said oath shall be filed among the records of said
town.

1924, ch 154, sec. 5.

402. At the first election of officers held under this Charter, after
notice printed in some county newspaper, the qualified voters of the town
shall elect a Mayor and Treasurer to serve the term of one year, and shall
elect four Councilmen, two from each ward, to be voted for by the qualified
voters of each ward, one from each ward to serve for the term of two
years and one from each ward to serve for the term of one year. At the
first meeting the Mayor and Councilmen shall designate the time to be