WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 589
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three commissioners of said town, who shall have
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resided within the limits of the same at least one
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year next preceding the election, and who shall be
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property holders within said limits.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That John Seitz, Ber-
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nard Luers and Henry Hadlon are hereby empow-
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ered to act as judges of the first election for said
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commissioners, who shall keep the polls open from two
o'clock F. M. to six o'clock Jr. M., and shall conduct
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First election
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the said election in the same manner as an election for
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judges.
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Delegates to the General Assembly, as far as con-
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sistent with this act; and the said judges shall make
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returns, under their hands and seals, of the persons
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elected, to the clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince
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George's county, and the said clerk shall issue a cer-
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tificate of election to said commissioners.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That all future elec-
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tions shall be held and conducted as shall be direct-
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ducted.
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ed by the laws of the corporation, not inconsistent
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with the provisions of this act.
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SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said commis-
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sioners, elected as hereinbefore provided for, shall,
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on the first meeting after said election, choose one of
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their number as president of the board, whose duty
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it shall be to preside at all meetings, to preserve
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order and give directions to the clerk and bailiffs by
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ident.
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the direction of the commissioners, or a majority of
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them ; and in the absence of the president, the com-
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missioners may appoint some member of the board
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to fill the chair, temporarily, and perform all other
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duties deemed necessary to carry into effect the pro-
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visions of this act.
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SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the commission-
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ers aforesaid, or a majority of them, may meet to-
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gether from time to time as often as occasion may
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require, upon the business of said town, and not less
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than once every month ; and if in the year for which
they may be elected, in case any of the said commis-
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Fill vacancy.
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sioners shall die, resign or remove from said town,
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or be otherwise disqualified, an election to fill the
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vacancy, on ten days' notice thereof being given by
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the commissioners, shall be held, at which all per-
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