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ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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the limits of said town, recorded in liber T. R., num-
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ber I, folios five hundred and twenty -six, and from
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thence runs south twenty-one and one-quarter degrees,
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west forty-two perches; thence south sixty-seven and
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one-half degrees, east one hundred and forty-five and
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one-half perches; thence north twenty-three and one-
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fourth degrees, east forty-two perches, to the cor-
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ner of the lines extending the limits of said town
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under the act of eighteen hundred and thirty-one,
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chapter one hundred and thirty-eight; thence south
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Metes and
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sixty-seven and one-half degrees, east sixty perches ;
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bounds.
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thence north twenty-three and one-fourth degrees, east
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sixty-four perches; thence north sixty-six and one-
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fourth degrees, west forty perches; thence north
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twenty-five degrees, east a straight line to Spring
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Branch; thence -with stream of said branch until it
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reaches Choptank river; and thence with the said
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river until it reaches the beginning of the first line of
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said original survey; and the commissioners of Den ton.
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may hereafter enlarge and extend the limits and
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bounds of said town in their discretion; provided that
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the entire area shall not exceed four hundred acres.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the citizens of
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Denton, who have resided in said town for six months
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previous to the day of election, and who are qualified
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in other respects to vote for delegates to the general
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Elect commis-
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assembly, shall, on the fourth Monday of April annu-
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sioners annual-
ly.
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ally, between the hours of one and five o'clock p. m.,
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at such place as the commissioners of said town shall
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appoint, elect by ballot five persons, residents and
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qualified voters of said town, as commissioners of
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Denton.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the commissioners
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or a majority of them shall be judges of said election,
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Judges of elec-
tion.
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or they may appoint any three voters to act as judges,
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and the proceedings shall be recorded under their
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direction; and every commissioner or person so ap-
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pointed before he opens an election, shall make oath
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Oath.
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before a justice of the peace for Caroline county that
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he will faithfully and impartially permit every person.
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to vote at such election, who shall be qualified to vote
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for commissioners of said town, and that he will not
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suffer any person to vote at such election who shall
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not be legally qualified to vote; and the five persons
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Who elected.
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having the highest number of votes shall be declared
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elected.
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