1324 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 548

direction one-half mile to point in center of said tracks,
which. said point shall be the beginning for the outlines of
said corporation; and from thence in a northerly direction
on a line parallel with said Central Avenue one-half mile;
thence in a southwesterly direction at right angles with line
No. 1, and parallel with first mile of said railroad one and
one-fourth miles; thence in a southerly direction at right
angles with line No. 2 and parallel with Central Avenue
forty-eight hundred and seventy-five feet; thence in a north-
easterly direction at right angles with line No. 3 and parallel
with line No. 2 one and one-fourth miles; thence in a north-
erly direction at right angles with line No. 4 and parallel
with said Central Avenue twenty-two hundred and thirty-
five feet; to center of said railroad, the place of beginning
for the outlines.

SEC. 3. The government, corporate authority, rights,
powers and privileges of the said town shall be vested in and
exercised by a board composed of three members, which board
shall be known as Commissioners of Ridgely, who shall be
elected as hereinafter provided; provided, however, that the
present Commissioners or Members of the Commissioners of
Ridgely, to wit, Ronald R. Lane, Roger R. Ringgold and J.
Mulford Swing shall each be and remain members of the
said board, or be and remain Commissioners of Ridgely, for
the duration of their respective terms of office for which they
have already been elected, in the same manner and to the
same extent as though this Act had not been passed.

SEC. 4. On the fourth Monday of April, in the year 1937,
and on the fourth Monday of April in every year thereafter, an
election shall be held between the hours of one and five o'clock
P. M., under this Charter, for the purpose of electing one Com-
missioner at each such annual election, who shall hold office
for a period of 3 years; provided, however, that if a vacancy
should occur in the office of any of the three Commissioners
between the annual elections therefor, then and in that event,
at the next annual election following the occurrence of such
vacancy or vacancies, there shall be one Commissioner elected
for three years, as well as Commissioners elected to the un-
expired portion of the term of any Commissioner or Commis-
sioners in whose office such aforesaid vacancy has occurred.
That is to say, at any annual election, immediately follow-
ing the occurence of such vacancy of vacancies, the person re-
ceiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for the
term of three years, and the person receiving the next highest
number of votes shall be elected to fill the unexpired por-
tion of the term of the office made vacant, as aforesaid. Should,