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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

one hundred and twenty-five and one hundred and

twenty-eight, of chapter one hundred and eight, of the

acts of assembly passed in eighteen hundred and

seventy-eight, entitled " An act to add an additional

article to the Code of Public Local Laws," to be en-

titled " Garrett county," be and the same are hereby

repealed, amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol-

lows :

SEC. 103. The qualified voters of said town shall,

on the first Monday in April, in the year eighteen

Elect burgess.

hundred and eighty-four, and every two years there-

after, elect a burgess, who shall serve for two years

from the date of his election and until his successor is

elected and qualified, and six commissioners, at the

first election to be held under this charter, three of

whom shall serve for one year from the date of their

election, and three for the term of two years from the

Elect commis-

date of their election, their terms to be designated in

sioners.

their nominations and on the ballots by which they

are elected, by the words " Short term " and " Long

term " expressed thereon; and annually thereafter

there shall be three commissioners elected, who shall

serve for two years from the date of their election and

qualification, and until their successors are elected and

qualified, and said burgess shall be allowed an annual

Salary of bur-

salary of fifty dollars, to be paid quarterly, for his ser-

gess.

vices; and said commissioners shall each receive fifty

cents for each attendance at the regular meetings of

said burgess and commissioners, and said burgess and

commissioners must be residents and qualified voters

within the limits of the corporation.

SEC. 104. The corporate authorities of said town

shall, at their regular meeting in the month of March,

eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and at the same

time in each year thereafter, for the purpose of hold-

ing said election, appoint three judges of election and

two clerks; and it shall be the duty of said judges to

Appoint judges
of election and

open the polls at some convenient place in said town,

clerks.

to be designated by said burgess and commissioners,

and the polls shall be kept open from ten o'clock a. in.

until six o'clock p. m.; said judges shall qualify before

the clerk of the circuit court for Garrett county, or as

other judges of elections qualify, and shall certify the

result of the elections held by them to the clerk of

the circuit court for Garrett county.