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DORCHESTER COUNTY. [ART. 10.
VIENNA. s
1868, c. 190 enacts the following:
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1868, c.190, s 1.
Incorporated.
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212. The citizens of the town of Vienna, in Dor-
chester county, are a body corporate, by the name of
the commissioners of the town of Vienna, and by that
name may sue and be sued, and have and use a com-
mon seal.
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Ibid s. 2
Bounds of
town.
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213. The bounds of said town shall be as follows :
beginning at the northeast corner of Hooper C. Hicks'
old granary, standing near the edge of the Nanticoke
river and; a short distance northwardly of Joel Corn-
well's wharf, thence running Westwardly in a line par-
allel with Front street, one-fourth of a mile, or till it
intersects the county road leading from said town to
Crotchett's Ferry, thence southerly in a line parallel
with Back street, half a mile, or till a line drawn from
the end of the division line between Henry Wilcox's
meadow lot and Samuel S. Craft's land, at the edge of
Nanticoke river, and running with said division line
until it intersects the said southerly line, thence with,
said division line to the aforesaid river, and binding
therewith to the place of beginning.
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Ibid s 3.
Commission-
ers
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214. The number of commissioners for said town
shall be five, and their term of office shall be as fol-
lows : one to serve for one year, the second to serve
two years, the third to serve three years, the fourth to
serve four years, the fifth to serve five years. They
shall cast lots for the terms, and at every election
to fill a vacancy the party shall be elected for five
years.
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Ibid s 4.
Voters
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215. The white male citizens of said town of Vi-
enna, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards,
who shall have resided therein for six months preced-
ing the election, shall, annually, on the day prescribed
by said commissioners, and at the house also prescribed
by said commissioners to hold said election in, elect a
person qualified in all respects as the said voters, to be
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