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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Fourth Ward. Beginning for the fourth ward

at the foot of Muir street; thence with Muir to

Pine street; thence with Pine to the southern line

Fourth ward.

of the town; thence running and binding with the

southern and eastern limits of said town to the

creek; thence running and binding with the creek

to the place of beginning.

Fifth Ward. All that part of said town located

Fifth ward.

in East Cambridge shall constitute the fifth ward.

36. The County Commissioners for Dorchester

county shall, on the first day of October, in the year

one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and

Taxes— how

annually thereafter pay to the commissioners of said

applied.

town the sum of four hundred dollars out of the

taxes levied and collected for roads in said county,

to be applied by the said town commissioners for

corporate purposes.

37. There shall be five commissioners for said

town, who shall hold office for two years from the

Term of office.

date of their election, or until their successors are

duly elected and qualified, one of whom shall be

elected by ballot from each of said wards by the

qualified voters of said- wards respectively, and who

shall be at least twenty-five years of age, and a bona

fide resident of said town for at least twelve months,

and of the ward in which he is elected at least six

months next preceding the date of his election, and

shall also possess in his own right, or in the right of

his wife, real or leasehold property in said town of

the assessed value of two hundred dollars.

33. The male inhabitants of said town above the

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

town for twelve months,' and of said wards for sixty

days next preceding the date of election, shall pos-

Qualifications.

sess the qualifications of electors of commissioners

for said town; the qualified voters in each of said

wards shall, on the third Wednesday in June in the

year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two,

between the hours of twelve o'clock M. and two

P. M., and in like manner every two years there-

after, elect by ballot five persons of known integrity,

experience and sound judgment, to be commission-

ers of said town; each ward by the qualified voters

thereof voting separately to elect one of said com-

missioners.