WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 649
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enty-two, chapter three hundred and seventy, be and
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the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to
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read as follows :
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65. The inhabitants of the town of Elkton, Cecil
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county, are a corporation by the name of President
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and Commissioners of the town of Elkton, and by
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that name shall have perpetual succession, may sue
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Corporation.
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and be sued, may purchase, hold and dispose of real,
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personal and mixed property, for the use and benefit
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of said town ; and may have and use a common seal,
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which may be altered at pleasure.
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66. They shall be five in number, and shall be
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elected on the first Monday in May, annually, and
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all male citizens of the United States above twenty-
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One years of age, who shall own property assessed in
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the limits of said town, and shall have paid their
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Who are en-
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assessment; and all male inhabitants of said town,
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titled to vote.
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citizens of the United States, above twenty-one years
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of age, who shall have bona fide resided in said
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town two years next preceding the election at which
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they shall offer to vote, shall be entitled to vote for
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commissioners of said town.
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67. The said commissioners shall, annually, desig-
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nate the time and place of holding said election, and
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give at least two weeks' notice thereof by notices set
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up at five of the most prominent places in said town ;
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and at some meeting prior to the first Monday of
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May in each year shall appoint some person to act
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as judge of said election, who, before acting as such,
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shall qualify in same manner as judges of election
for State and county officers in this State are required
to qualify, before a justice of the peace, and shall
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Fix place of
holding elec-
tion.
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open the polls at two o'clock P. M. on the first
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Monday in May in each year, and close the same at
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six o'clock P. M. ; and the five persons voted for
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at said election, who shall respectively receive the
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highest number of votes, shall be commissioners for
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said town for the ensuing year and until their suc-
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cessors are duly elected and qualified.
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68. If at any election for commissioners it shall
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appear by the certificate of the judge of said election
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that any two or more persons voted for as commis-
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