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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Caroline County, be and they are hereby constituted a body

corporate by the name of "The Commissioners of Preston,"

and by that name may sue and be sued, have and use a

common seal, and have perpetual succession.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, that the limits of said town

shall be as follows : Beginning for the first line at a point

in the public road leading from Preston to Bethlehem, near

Limits of
town.

the division line between the land of Mrs. Mary A. Cox and

L. P. Williams, and running in a straight line, so as to

include the canning house of Beverly W. Wright within the

corporate limits, to and across the Baltimore aud Eastern

Shore Railroad, to a point where a line at nearly a right

angle with the first line will strike, the line between the

lands of L. P. Williams and Isaac L. Noble, then with said

line to and across the public road leading from Preston to

Choptank, so as to include the residence and outbuilding of

Thomas H. Fluharty; and continue in a straight line to

what is known as the Back Lauding road, then northeast

with said road to the public road leading from Preston to

Illchester, crossing the said road at or near the Friends'

meeting house, and continuing in a straight line on the land

of George F. Whitly, to a point where a nearly right angle

line, after crossing the lands of the heirs of Dr. H. F.

Willis, will strike the division line between the lands of

J. H. Donglass and E. T. Moore, and continuing with said

division line, and in a straight line, to and across the public

road known as the Church road, across the land of Joseph

Donglass to the lane leading from his farm house, then in a

southwesterly direction, in a straight line to the place of

beginning.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the male citizens of said

town, of the age of twenty -one years and upwards, having

resided therein six months next preceding any election held

hereunder, and who are qualified to vote for members of the

Election of
commis-

General Assembly, shall, on the first Monday in May next,

sioners

and annually thereafter on the same day, at the place in

said town designated by the judges of election, elect by

ballot, five commissioners for said town, to serve for one

year, and until their successors shall be elected aud

qualified ; no person shall be elegible as commissioner ot

said town unless over twenty-five years of age and a resi-

dent within said corporate limits at the time of the election

and for at least six months next preceding the same, and

his term of office shall terminate upon his removal of resi-

dence from the town limits.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners

elected hereunder, shall meet on or before the first Monday