ART. 7.] UNIONTOWN. 757

lane west of Mt. Joy meeting-house, (colored,) at the west end of
Uniontown, running south fifty-five perches, then parallel with
the main street of said town to the county road, at the east end
of said town, leading from Uniontown turnpike to Wakefield,
than due north one hundred and five perches, then with a straight
line to the southwest corner of J. C. Brubaker's barn; thence
with a straight line to what is known as the Bed Gate, situated
on the county road leading to Taneytown; then with a straight
line to the place of beginning.

1876, ch. 803.

300. All persons who have resided in the town of Uniontown
for six months, and who are qualified to vote for delegates to the
general assembly, and all adult male non-residents who may hold
real estate in said town shall, on the first Saturday in April in

each year, elect by ballot, one person for burgess and four persons
for commissioners, all of whom shall have resided in the town one
year previous to the day of election, and who shall each be the
owner in his own right, of real or personal estate therein, assessed
at not less than two hundred and fifty dollars; and the said officers
shall be known as the burgess and commissioners of Uniontown.

Ibid.

201. If the burgess, or any member of the board of commission-

ers, shall die, resign, remove from the town, or from any cause be,
disqualified during the year for which they have been elected, the
commissioners may elect a burgess ad interim from their own
number, for the balance of the term, or the burgess and the
remaining members of the commissioners may elect one or more
commissioners to fill the balance of the term.

Ibid.

202. All elections shall be held and conducted as shall be
from time to time directed by the laws and ordinances of the
said corporation, not inconsistent with the provisions of this
sub-title of this article.

Ibid.

203. The burgess and commissioners shall meet at some con-
venient place in the town at least once in every three months, or