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after at least three weeks' notice of such election by hand bills posted in at
least six of the most public places in said town; and said notice shall set
forth the ordinance in full, and the mode and manner of payment proposed;
and no such ordinance shall be of any force or validity unless it shall
receive a majority of all votes cast at said election.

1894, ch. 634, sec. 3.

726. The government of said town shall be vested in a burgess, assistant
burgess and five commissioners, to be elected as hereinafter provided; no
person elected and qualified as burgess, assistant burgess or commissioner,
or any person holding any office by election, appointed or otherwise, under
the provisions of this act, or by notice thereof, shall, during the term of his
office, be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract in which the
town is a party or is interested; and any person violating the provisions
of this section shall be proceeded against by indictment in the Circuit
Court for Washington county, and upon conviction, be fined or imprisoned,
or both, in the discretion of the court.

1894, ch. 634, sec, 4. 1896, ch. 67, sec. 4.

727. The taxable limits of the town of Sharpsburg are hereby declared
to be as follows: Beginning at a stone marked "S. B. No. 1," planted at the
northeast corner of the Antietam National Cemetery, the same being at the
end of a line bearing north seventy-one and one-half degrees east twenty-five
hundred and eighty-two feet and three inches from a stone marked "S,"
standing in the center of the intersection of Main and Mechanic streets in
said town; thence north sixty feet to stone "S. B. No. 2"; thence south
sixty-nine degrees west six hundred and ninety-three feet to a stone "S. B.
No. 3"; thence north sixty-nine degrees west eleven hundred and fifty-
eight feet to stone "S. B. No. 4"; thence south seventy-six degrees west
thirty hundred and ninety-five and one-half feet to a stone "S. B. No.
5"; thence south thirty-nine degrees east five hundred and twenty-four
and one-half feet to stone "S. B. No. 6"; thence south seventy-six de-
grees west three hundred and four feet to stone "S. B. No.7"; thence
south fourteen degrees east two hundred and six feet to stone "S. B.
No. 8"; thence south seventy-six degrees west twenty-six hundred and
forty feet to stone "S. B. No. 9"; thence south fourteen degrees east
sixty feet to stone "S. B. No. 10"; thence north seventy-six degrees east
twenty-two hundred and eighty-seven feet to stone "S. B. No. 11"; thence
south fourteen degrees east two hundred and six feet to stone "S. B.
No. 12"; thence north seventy-six degrees east six hundred and sixty
feet to stone "S. B. No. 13"; thence south fourteen degrees east two hun-
dred and ninety-three feet to stone "S. B. No. 14"; thence north sev-
enty-six degrees east six hundred and seventy-two feet to stone "S. B.
No. 15"; thence south fourteen degrees east four hundred and seventy-
two feet to stone "S. B. No. 16"; thence north seventy-six degrees east
twenty-four hundred and twenty-nine feet to stone "S. B. No. 17";
thence north fourteen degrees west seven hundred and nine and one-half