1016 DORCHESTER COUNTY. [ART. 10.

Baltimore city, and all cities, towns or boroughs in which dogs are
taxed by municipal ordinance, are exempted from the operation of
sections 157-162 of article 81 of the code of public general laws,
title "Revenue and Taxes," relating to the taxation of dogs in
this State.

EAST NEW MARKET.

1884, ch. 520.

138. The inhabitants of East New Market are a body corporate
by the name of " The Commissioners of East New Market," and
as such shall have perpetual succession, and by that name may sue
and be sued, purchase and hold real, personal and mixed property,
or dispose of the same for the benefit of said town, and may have
and use a common seal, which they may alter at pleasure.

Ibid.

139. The limits of said town shall begin at a stock driven on
the side of the county road leading from East New Market to
Cabin creek, near the division line between Mrs. Baker's lot and
John Webster's farm, and shall run from thence north twenty-six
and a half degrees, west one hundred and eighty perches; thence
south twenty-six and a half degrees, east one hundred and sixty
perches; thence north eighteen and a half degrees, east one hun-
dred and eighty perches; thence north twenty-six and a half
degrees, west eighty perches, to the beginning.

Ibid

140. There shall be five commissioners for said town, who
shall hold office for two. years from the date of their election, or
until their successors are duly elected and qualified, who shall be
elected by ballot by the qualified voters of said town, and each
of whom shall be at least twenty-five years of age and a bona
fide resident of said town for at least twelve months next pre-
ceding the date of his election, and shall also possess in his own
right, or in the right of his wife, real or leasehold property in
said town, of the assessed value of two hundred dollars.

Ibid.

141. The male inhabitants of said town above the age of
twenty-one years, who have resided in said town for six months