ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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the same to be surveyed by a competent surveyor, and

the boundaries thereof to be established, and the record

thereof to be filed amongst the records of the cor-

poration.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the legal voters of

the town of Bishopville who have resided within its

corporate limits six months preceding the election, of

the age of twenty-one years and upwards, shall, on

the first Monday in May, in the year eighteen hundred

and eighty-four, and shall every two years thereafter

Elect commis-

on the first Monday in May, elect three persons who

sioners.

are owners of real estate in said town, to be commis-

sioners of said town, to serve for two years from the

date of their election and until their successors are

elected and qualified, and the services rendered by

the said commissioners shall be gratuitous and with-

out pay.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the first election

shall be held at the house used for elections in said

Election — how

town, or some other suitable place within said cor-

held.

porate limits, and the judges thereof shall be the jus-

tice or justices of the peace, and the constable in St.

Martin's election district number five; the said judges

shall appoint a clerk, and shall keep the polls open

Appoint elerk.

from two o'clock p. m. until five o'clock p. m., and

shall conduct the said election in the same manner as

an election for delegates to the General Assembly

(except that registration shall not be deemed a neces-

sary qualification for voters) as far as may be con-

sistent with the provisions of this act; they shall

carefully count, after closing of the polls, the ballots

taken by them, and within three days after said elec-

tion shall make a true and correct return of the same,

Make correct

under their hands and seals, to the clerk of the circuit

returns.

court of Worcester county, who shall forthwith issue

certificates of election to the three persons appearing

from the said returns to have received the highest

number of votes; and the said certificates shall be

recorded among the records of proceedings of the said

commissioners.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the judges of elec-

tion shall, before proceeding to hold an election, take

an oath before some justice of the peace for Worces-

Oath to be
taken.

ter county, to allow all persons to vote who are quali-

fied under this act, and to allow none to vote unless

so qualified.