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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 375.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, sec-

tions one hundred and four, and one hundred and five, of

article ten of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Dor-

chester County," sub-title " County Commissioners," and

to add two additional sections to follow said section one

hundred and five to be numbered 105 A and 105 B, relat-

ing to the number term, election and compensation of

County Commissioners for said county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Amend-
ment

Maryland, That sections one hundred and four and one hun-

dred and five, of article ten of the Code of Public Local

Laws, title " Dorchester County," sub-title " County Com-

missioners," be and the same are hereby repealed and re-en-

acted, with amendments, and that two additional sections,

to follow section one hundred and five, and to be numbered

New
sections.

105 A and 105 B, be and the same are hereby added to said

article ten to read as follows :

104. The five county commissioners of Dorchester County

elected at the general election held on the Tuesday next

Terms of
County

after the the first Monday in the month of November in the

Commis-

year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, shall hold their office

Gloners.

for a term of two years from the time of their election, and

shall receive the same compensation now provided by law,

from and after the expiration of the term of office of the

present commissioners ; the board of county commissioners

of Dorchester County shall be composed of three members,

one of whom shall have charge of each commissioner dis-

trict to be divided as follows : Commissioner district num-

ber one, shall be composed of the first (or Fork), second or

(East New,Market), third (or Vienna), twelfth (or Williams-

burg), and fourteenth (or Linkwood) election districts ;

commissioners district number two, shall be composed of

the seventh (or Cambridge), eighth (or Neck), eleventh (or

Drawbridge), and thirteenth (or Bucktown), election dis-

tricts; and commissioner district number three shall be

composed of the fourth (or Parson's Creek), fifth (or Lakes )

sixth (or Hooper's Island), ninth (or Church Creek), and

tenth (or Straits) election districts.

105. There shall be elected at the general election to be

Terms of
those to be

held on Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month

hereafter

of November in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three,

elected.

three county commissioners for Dorchester County, one of

whom shall hold office for a term of two years, one for a