JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

Imown by the name of The Trap, in Talbot county, shall be,
and they are hereby constituted and made a bodv corporate,
by the name of the commissioners of Trap town; with all the
privileges of a body corporate, and to have a common seal and

CHAP. 103.

perpetual succession,
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the free male white citi-
zens of Trap town, aforesaid, of the age of twentf-one years
and upwards, and have resided in the said place for, and dur-,
ing the space of six months next preceding the election, shall,
on the first Monday in May next, at the house occupied now as
a tavern, by Daniel Smith, and on the first Monday injune, in
each and every year hereafter, at such house as shall here after
be designated as the Town Hall, by the municipality, beau-
horised to elect five commissioners for the said town, who
shall have resided within the limits of the same, six months
next preceding the election.

Elect five commis
sioners annually

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That a justice of the peace for
the time being, residing in the said town, shall appoint, by
writing under his hand and seal, one judge, to hold the first
election, who shall keep the poles open from .nine o'clock in
the morning, until two in the evening, and shall conduct the
said election, in the same manner in wh'ch the judges of
elections are now by law directed, to conduct an eltction for
delegates to the General Assembly, as far as may be consis-
tent with the provisions of this act, and the said judge, shall
make return, under his hand and seal, of the persons elected,
to the clerk of Talbot county, to be by him kept.

Judge and mode
of first election.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all future elections shall
be held and conducted as shall be from time to time directed,
by the by-laws of the corporation, the same not being incon-
sistent with the provisions of this act.

Subsequent elec-
tions.

SEC, 5. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners
elected accordiag to the provisions of this act, shall, on the
first meeting after said election, choose some one of the said
commissioners, President of the board, whose duty it shall be
to preside at the meetings of the said com missioners, and
preserve order, and give such directions as may be deemed
necessary by the said commissioners, to carry into full effect

President of the
board.

the provisions of this act.
Sec. 6 And be it enacted, That that the commissioners
aforesaid, or a majority of them, may meet together from time
to time, as often as occasion may require, upon the business
of said Trap-town, and not less than once in every three
months, and if during the year for which they may be elected,
any of the commissioners should die, resign, remove from
said town, or be non compos or otherwise disqualified, an
election to fill the vacancy shall be held, at which all persons
qualified, as is specified in the second section of this act, shall

Meetings-vacan-
cies.

be entitled to a vote.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners,
or a majority of them, shall havf power to appoint a clerk,
and assign his duties, and allow him such compensation for
his services as they may think proper, and chat all ordinances
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Clerk,