HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

thence in a direct line to the western extremity
of Avalon avenue; thence with Avalon avenue
to the western boundary of the Washington
and Baltimore turnpike; thence with western
boundary of said turnpike southerly to its in-
tersection with the southern line of Riversdale

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extended; thence with said line easterly to the
Washington Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad; thence with the easterly boundary
of said railroad right-of-way southerly to the
Alexandria junction of said railroad; thence
with the eastern boundary of the right-of-way
of said Alexandria Branch Road to the east
branch of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac
river; thence with said east branch and adja-
cent limits of the Corporation of Bladensburg
to the place of beginning.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the male citi-
zens of said town, of the age of twenty-one
years and upwards, having resided therein six
months next preceding any election held here-
under, and who are qualified to vote for mem-
bers of the General Assembly, shall, on the
first Monday in May next, and annually there-
after on the same day, at the place in said
town designated by the Judges of Election,

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elect by ballot, five Commissioners for said
town, to serve for one year, and until their
successors shall be elected and qualified; no
person shall be eligible as Commissioner of
said town unless over twenty- five years of
age, and a resident within said corporate limits
at time of the election and for at leas.t one
year next preceding the same, and- his term of
office shall terminate upon his removal of resi-
dence from the town limits.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That the said Com-
missioners elected hereunder, shall meet on
or before the first Monday in June next suc-
ceeding their election, and shall choose one of

Qualified to
vote.

their number as President; they shall meet as
often thereafter as necessary to a proper dis-
charge of their official duties, and shall con-
tinue in office until their successors shall be

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