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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Giddings; thence running with said Weems' creek to its mouth at

a point where it empties into the Severn river; thence with said

river to the point where the lands of the United States govern-

Corporate

ment join to the lands of said heirs of Luther Giddings; thence

limits

with the division line between said last named lands to a point

where said lands of the heirs of Luther Giddings join the lands

of Daniel E. Magruder; thence with the division line be-

tween said last named lands and also the lauds of said William

Feldmeyer to the place of beginning.

SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That the citizens of West Annapolis, of

the age of twenty-one years and upwards, who have resided in said

Election

town for six mouths next preceding the election shall, on the first

of commis
sioners.

day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and on the first day

of May in each year thereafter, elect three real estate owners who

have resided in said town f or six months next preceding said elec-

tion as commissioners of West Annapolis to serve for one year or

until their successors shall be elected and qualified they shall re-

ceive no pay for their services.

SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That the commissioners of West An-

Election
of presi-

napolis shall, at their first meeting after an election elect one of

dent, etc.

their number to be president of the board, and all vacancies in the

board of commissioners of West Annapolis shall be filled by an

election held after ten days previous notice given by the remaining

members of said board.

Meetings

SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That the commissioners of West An-

napolis shall meet in said town on or before the first Monday in

June after their election and as often thereafter as they may deem

necessary.

SEC. 6. Be it enacted, That the commissioners of West An-

Appoint a
clerk.

napolis shall annually appoint a clerk, who shall keep the minutes
of the proceedings in a well bound book which shall be open to

inspection of all persons therein, and shall perform stich other

duties as the commissioners of West Annapolis may assign him.

SEC. 7. Be it enacted, That the commissioners of West Annap-

olis shall annually, on or before the first Monday in April, appoint

Manner of

three judges of election, who shall conditct the election accord-

holding
elections.

ing to the election laws of Maryland, except that the polls shall

be opened at four o'clock, p. m., and close at six o'clock, p. m.;

the first election to be held under the provisions of this act, shall

be held on the first day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-one,

and William S. Ridgely, J. West Aldridge and George T. Melvin,

are hereby appointed commissioners of West Annapolis until said

first day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and until their

successors shall have been elected and qualified under the pro-

visions of this act.

SEC. 8. Be it enacted, That the commissioners of West Annap-

olis may appoint annually a bailiff for said town, who shall perform