76 DORCHESTER COUNTY. [ART. 10.
said town, elect a person, residing in said town 'or within three
miles thereof, and possessed of landed property in the town, in
his own right or in right of his wife, a commissioner in the place
of the commissioner whose term of office has expired.
ELECTIONS—JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES.
The Act of August 7, 1861, ch. 99, repeals sections 91, 124, and substitutes the fol-
lowing:
3. Dorchester county is divided into thirteen election districts
according to their present bounds and limits, in each of which
election districts all elections for public officers shall be held at
the places now established by law.
4. There shall be the following number of justices of the peace
and constables for Dorchester county, to wit: for election district
number one, two justices of the peace and one constable; for
election district number two, two justices of the peace and one
constable; for election district number three, four justices of the
peace and three constables; for election district number four,
three justices of the peace and two constables; for election dis-
trict number five, two justices of the peace and one constable;
for election district number six, two justices of the peace and
one constable; election district number seven, is hereby divided
into two election districts, viz: seven or Cambridge district and
thirteen or Bucktown district, and is contained in the following
bounds and limits: beginning at the mouth of Black Water
River and running up said river until it comes to the fork of
the same; then with the east branch up to Maple Dam bridge,
then with the county road southerly until it intersects David
M. Corkran's road, then with said road to Martin's road, then by
and with Martin's road until it intersects the county road lead-
ing from Bucktown to Cambridge, at or near Levin Mowbray's
gate, then with said road leading from Bucktown to Cambridge
north until it intersects the Cordtown road, then with the. Cord-
town road until it intersects the road leading from Vienna to
Cambridge, then with said road to the corner of Doctor Curt's
Oat-field and intersecting a road leading from the Cambridge and
Vienna road to Airies, then by and with said road to Trans-
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