EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 783

thence N. 2 1/2 degrees E. 250 feet to a thorn bush; thence N.
2 1/2 degrees E. 1044 feet to a leaning Oak tree; thence N.
39 degrees E. 857 feet to a telephone pole; thence N. 60 de-
grees W. 1150 feet to a Sugar tree; thence S. 8734 degrees
W. 500 feet to a Locust tree; thence N. 59 degrees W. 256
feet to a post; thence S. 25 degrees, W. 686 feet to a post;
thence S. 27 degrees W. 476 feet to a Locust tree; thence S.
3 degrees, W. 750 feet to the corner of Footen's stable; thence
S. 17 degrees E. 1000 feet to a post near Potomac Dump;
thence S. 78 degrees E. 775 feet to the beginning at the cucum-
ber tree, and the property within the said lines will be sub-
ject to such taxes and such charges as may be deemed necessary
by the said The Mayor and Commissioners of Barton, or a
majority of them, to support and maintain the expense which
may at any time be incurred in the government and improve-
ment of said town.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the male citizens of the
Town of Barton aforesaid, of the age of 21, (Twenty-one)
years and upwards, who being citizens of the United States
have resided in said town for and during a period of six months
next preceding the first Monday in June in each year at such
place or places as may be designated by The Mayor and Com-
missioners of Barton for holding elections in said Town, are
authorized to elect four commissioners for said town who have
resided in said town for a period of at least one (1) year pre-
ceding said election; also one person to serve as Mayor and
one to serve as Clerk of said town and each of whom shall like-
wise have resided in said town for a period of at least one
(1) year preceding their election.

The Commissioners elected under this Act shall serve for
one and two (1 and 2) years respectively or until their suc-
cessors are elected and qualified, and it is hereby provided
that the two commissioners receiving the highest number of
votes at the first election to be held under the provisions of
this Act shall be elected for two years and the other two shall
be elected for one year, and at each election thereafter two (2)
Commissioners shall be elected for a term of two years. The
Clerk and the Mayor to be elected under the provisions of this
Act, shall, after they have qualified, hold their respective
offices for a period of two years or until their successors are
elected and qualified.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the Mayor, Clerk and the
Commissioners elected under the provisions of this Act shall