EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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across the land formerly belonging to the said Henry C.
Ward, the Metropolitan Branch Railroad, the lands formerly
belonging to the said Martha A. Meem, David M. Mouro,
the Georgetown and Frederick road, to the dividing line
between Ignatius T. Fulks and James O. Rabbit; thence with
said dividing line to the beginning, as shown by the plat on
file in the clerk's office of said county in Plat Book No. 1,
Plat No. 6.

3. The residents of said town being qualified voters under
the laws of this State, and who have resided in said town for

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three months previous to any election shall, on the first
Monday in May next and every two years thereafter on the
same day, elect one person, at least thirty (30) years of age,
Mayor of said town, and four persons, not less than twenty-
five (25) years of age, who, together with the Mayor, shall
constitute the Council, and all of whom shall have resided in
the town at least one year previous to their election, and be
legal voters and taxpayers therein, and shall so continue
during their term of office. They shall receive no pay for
their services, except the Mayor, who shall receive the fees
hereinafter allowed; and they shall serve for two years from
the first Monday in June ensuing.

4. Elections shall be conducted by three judges appointed

Mayor and
councllmen
to be elected.

by the Mayor and Council and shall be held at some con-
venient place to be designated by the Council; and the judges
shall appoint a clerk of elections; the poles shall be opened
at 12 M. and closed at 7 P. M. when the ballots shall be
carefully counted, and on the result appearing, certificates of
election shall be granted by the judges to the Mayor and
Council so elected, and a report of the same shall be filed
with the Mayor and Council, who shall have the same
recorded among the town records.

5. The Council shall select some suitable public place

How elections
shall be con-
ducted.

and designate same as their regular place of meeting, and
shall meet therein the first Monday in June next succeeding
their election and as often thereafter as may be necessary to
discharge the duties of their office, not less, however, than
once in every three months.

Place of meet-
Ing.

6. The Mayor shall preside at all meetings, and shall call
such meetings from time to time as he may deem necessary,
but in the event of the absence of the Mayor at any meeting
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Mayor to pre-
side at all
meetings.