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Session Laws, 1884 Session
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ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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the limits of said town, recorded in liber T. R., num-


ber I, folios five hundred and twenty -six, and from


thence runs south twenty-one and one-quarter degrees,


west forty-two perches; thence south sixty-seven and


one-half degrees, east one hundred and forty-five and


one-half perches; thence north twenty-three and one-


fourth degrees, east forty-two perches, to the cor-


ner of the lines extending the limits of said town


under the act of eighteen hundred and thirty-one,


chapter one hundred and thirty-eight; thence south

Metes and

sixty-seven and one-half degrees, east sixty perches ;

bounds.

thence north twenty-three and one-fourth degrees, east


sixty-four perches; thence north sixty-six and one-


fourth degrees, west forty perches; thence north


twenty-five degrees, east a straight line to Spring


Branch; thence -with stream of said branch until it


reaches Choptank river; and thence with the said


river until it reaches the beginning of the first line of


said original survey; and the commissioners of Den ton.


may hereafter enlarge and extend the limits and


bounds of said town in their discretion; provided that


the entire area shall not exceed four hundred acres.


SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the citizens of


Denton, who have resided in said town for six months


previous to the day of election, and who are qualified


in other respects to vote for delegates to the general

Elect commis-

assembly, shall, on the fourth Monday of April annu-

sioners annual-
ly.

ally, between the hours of one and five o'clock p. m.,


at such place as the commissioners of said town shall


appoint, elect by ballot five persons, residents and


qualified voters of said town, as commissioners of


Denton.


SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the commissioners


or a majority of them shall be judges of said election,

Judges of elec-
tion.

or they may appoint any three voters to act as judges,


and the proceedings shall be recorded under their


direction; and every commissioner or person so ap-


pointed before he opens an election, shall make oath

Oath.

before a justice of the peace for Caroline county that


he will faithfully and impartially permit every person.


to vote at such election, who shall be qualified to vote


for commissioners of said town, and that he will not


suffer any person to vote at such election who shall


not be legally qualified to vote; and the five persons

Who elected.

having the highest number of votes shall be declared


elected.




 
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