1824

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 881

thereafter. vote by ballot for one person resident cf the district
inn which the voter is entitled to vote for delegates as aforesaid,
and also having the same qualifications as are or shall he re-
quired for such delegates, to be a commissioner for Harford
county; and the judges of election for each district in said
county, or a majority of them, shall certify under their hands

Certificate.

and return in a form and manner similar to their certificates
and return of the election of delegates aforesaid, the number
of votes given in their said respective districts for a commis-
sioner as aforesaid; and the judges from the several election
districts in said county, when met at the court house of the
said county to ascertain and certify the election of delegates
as aforesaid, shall ascertain the number of votes given as
aforesaid, for commissioners as aforesaid, in the said election
districts respectively, and by a certificate, to be filed in the
office of the' clerk of the county court of the said county and
which shall be by said clerk recorded, certify in a form simi-
lar to the certificate of the election of delegates, that the
five persons by name, residents respectively of the five elec--
tion districts in said county, who they shall ascertian received
the greasiest number of votes in the districts in which they so
severally reside, are duly elected commissioners for Hzrford
county, to serve for the period of three years from the date of
their said election; and if any commissioner so elected shall
die, resign, refuse or neglect for twenty clays to qualify as
commissioner, under this act, or shall remove from the said

Treasuey provided
fun.

county at any time within the period for which he shall have
been elected, the governor ana council shall appoint a per-
son qualified as is herein before provided in case of an original
election, to fill his place until the next anneal election for
delegates to the general assembly, when the said voters of the
district in which such commissioner so dying, resigning, refus-
ing, neglecting to qualify, or removing from the county, as
aforesad, was, elected, shall vote in like manner as at first, for
another person with like qualifications, as such commissioner,
to serve for the residue of his said term.

Oath of offce

Sec, 2 And be it enacted, That every commissioner elect-
ed or appointed as aforesaid, shall before he enters on the
duties of his office, take and subscribe before some judge or jus-
tice of the peace, an oath or affirmation, that he will faithful-
ly, diligently and impartially exercise the powers, and per-
for the duties of commissioner for Hartford county, as autho-
rised and enjoined by law, according to the best of his skill
and judgment without being influenced by favour, affection,
hatred, malice or ill will, and that he will in making all ap-
pointments to office, vote for such person, among those wil-
ling to accept, as in his judgment and belief shall be most
capable and best qualified to perform the duties of such of-
fice ;which oath shall be recorded in a book to be kept among
the records of Harford county court.

Coporate powers

granteded

Sec, 3, And be it enacted^ That the commissioners elected
or appointed as aforesaid, und their successors shall be, and