650 CAROLINE COUNTY. [ART. 6.

east sixty-four perches; thence north sixty-six and one-fourth de-
grees, west forty perches; thence north twenty-five degrees, east
a straight line to Spring branch; thence with stream of said
branch until it reaches Choptank river; and thence with the said
river until it reaches the beginning of the first line of said origi-
nal survey; and the commissioners of Denton may hereafter
enlarge and extend the limits and bounds of said town in their
discretion; provided, that the entire area shall not exceed four
hundred acres.

1884, ch. 367.

75. The citizens of Denton, who have resided in said town
for six months previous to the day of election, and who are quali-
fied in other respects to vote for delegates to the general assembly,
shall, on the fourth Monday of April annually, between the
hours of one and five o'clock P. M., at such place as the commis-
sioners of said town shall appoint, elect by ballot five persons,
residents and qualified voters of said town, as commissioners of.
Denton.

Ibid.

76. The county commissioners shall be judges of said election,,
or they may appoint any three voters to act as judges, and the
proceedings shall be recorded under their direction; and every
commissioner or person so appointed, before he opens an election,
shall make oath before a justice of the peace for Caroline county
that he will faithfully and impartially permit every person to
vote at such election who shall be qualified to vote for commis-
sioners of said town, and that he will not suffer any person to
vote at such election who shall not be legally qualified to vote;
and the five persons having the highest number of votes shall be
declared elected.

Ibid.

77. If at any time an election shall not be held for commis-
sioners on the day mentioned in section 75, an election may be
held at any time after ten days' notice thereof shall have been
given by the commissioners, or a majority of them; and in case
a majority of the said commissioners shall become disqualified to
act, or shall have failed, or shall fail to hold an election for the
space of thirty days from the said fourth Monday in April, in
any year, then it shall be lawful for any three or more qualified