ART. 16. ] PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

survey shall be recorded among the records of said
corporation.

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187. The male citizens of said town of the age of
twenty-one years and upwards, having resided therein
for the space of six months next preceding the first
Monday in April next, may, on that day, at the place
where elections are held in said town, and on the first
Monday in April in each and every year thereafter,

Ibid. s. 4.
Voters.

be authorized to elect five (5) commissioners for said
town, who shall have resided within the limits of the
same for at least one year next preceding the election.

Election of
commissioners

188. The judges of election in Laurel election dis-
trict are hereby empowered to act as judges of the first
election for said commissioners, who shall keep the
polls open from two o'clock P. M. to six o'clock P. M.,
and shall conduct the said election in the same manner
as an election for delegates to the general assembly, as
far as may be consistent with the provisions of this

Ibid. s. 5.
How election
conducted.

act, and the said judges shall make return under their
hands and seals of the persons elected to the clerk of
the circuit court of Prince George's county, and said
clerk shall issue a certificate of election to said commis-
sioners.

To whom re-
turns to be
made.

189. All future elections shall be held and con-
ducted as shall be from, time to time directed by the
laws of the corporation, the same not being inconsist-
ent with the provisions of this act.

Ibid. s. C.
Time for hold-
ing elections.

190. The said commissioners elected according to
the provisions of this act, shall, on the first meeting
after said election, choose one of their number presi-

Ibid. s. 7.
Organization of
board.

dent of the board, whose duty it shall be to preside at
all meetings of said board of commissioners, to pre-
serve order and give directions to the clerk and bailiff,
by the directions of the commissions or a majority of
them, and superintend such improvements of the town
as may be ordered by the commissioners; and in ab-
sence of the president, the commissioners may appoint
some member of the board to fill the chair temporarily
and perform all other duties deemed necessary to carry
into effect the provisions of this act.
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Duties of presi-
dent.