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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

or at any place in said county within two miles
distance from the school-house in said town.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect on and after the first day of May,
eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

Approved April 4, 1888.

Chapter 325.

AN ACT to incorporate the village of La Plata,
in Charles county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That the citizens of the town

Incorporated.

of La Plata, in Charles county, be and they are
hereby created a body corporate by the name of
the "Commissioners of La Plata," with all the
powers and privileges of a body politic and cor-
porate, and by said corporate name may have
perpetual succession, sue and be sued, plead and
be impleaded in any court of law or equity in
said county, and may have and use a common
seal.
SEC. 2. The corporate limits of the town shall

Limits.

be as follows : Beginning at a tree at Mathews'
gate and running south five hundred yards,
thence northeast to a locust tree on farm of John
Chapman's land, thence northwest eight hun-
dred yards to a white oak tree at FarralPs mill;
then across in a straight line to the commencing
point.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the citizens of

Elections.

said town, having resided therein six months,
and in the state twelve months previous to any
election, shall, on the first day of May next, or
as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, and
annually thereafter, on the same day of the
week, elect five commissioners of La Plata to
serve for one year, or until their successors shall
be elected and qualified. The commissioners
must be substantial citizens resident in said
corporate limits, and must have resided therein
for at least six months next preceding their