ART. 7. ] CARROLL COUNTY. 283

MANCHESTER.

1870, c. 135 incorporates the town of Manchester as follows:

22. The inhabitants of Manchester, in Carroll county, are a body corporate by the name of the mayor and common council of the corporation of Manchester, and by that name may sue and be sued, may purchase and hold real and personal and mixed estates, and dispose of the same for the benefit of said town, and may have and use a common seal, which may be altered at pleasure.	1870, c 135 s 1. Incorporated
23. The limits of the town of Manchester shall em- brace all that tract of land, called the German church; also, all that tract called New Market, lying contiguous to each other, as originally laid out in lots; but as the aforesaid bounds do not include all the buildings in said town, it shall be the duty of the first mayor and common council elected to extend the limits by causing	Ibid. s. 2. Limits.
the same to be surveyed and stoned; also, a plat and certificate fully describing the bounds of the corpora- tion, to be returned to the clerk of the circuit court of Carroll county for record.	Survey and plat
24. Sub-Sec. 1. The white male citizens of Man- chester, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, and who have resided within the limits of the corpo- ration for the space of six months next preceding the election, shall, on the first Saturday of April in each and every year, at such place as directed by the mayor and common council, between the hours of. twelve o'clock M., and four o'clock P. M., elect a mayor and	Ibid. s. 3. Election of mayor and councilmen.
five councilmen, of the age of twenty-five years and upwards, and who are each the owner of a house and lot therein, and have resided there twelve months next preceding the election, and in case of a tie vote at any election, the mayor shall give ten days notice of a new election, to decide the choice between them.	Qualification.
Sub-Sec. 2. The mayor and common council, or a majority of them, may meet from time to time, as the occasion may require, upon the business of the town,	Ibid. s. 4 Meetings.