FREDERICK COUNTY. 835

CHAPTER 70.

AN ACT to repeal Sections 109, 110, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117,
118, 119, 123, 128 and 136 of Article 11 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Frederick County," sub-title
"Emmitsburg," and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 109, 110, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119,
123, 128 and 136 of Article 11 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Frederick County," sub-title "Em-
mitsburg," be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments so that Sections 109, 110, 112, 113, 115, 116,
117, 118, 119, 123, 128 and 136 of said Article 11 shall read as
follows:

SEC. 109. The male citizens of Emmitsburg above twenty-
one years of age who shall have resided in said town for twelve
months next preceding the election shall elect by ballot on the
first Monday in May, in the year 1910, a Burgess for the term
of one year, and also shall elect three Commissioners, one for
the term of one year, one for the term of two years and one
Commissioner for the term of three years, so that the Board
of Commissioners shall always consist of three members, but
not more than two Commissioners shall be on the Board of
Commissioners from the same precinct of Election District No.
5 of Frederick county at the same time, and the Burgess and
each of the said Commissioners shall be above the age of
twenty-five years and shall be a resident and a citizen of the
said town at least twelve months immediately prior to his elec-
tion, and shall reside therein during his term of office, and
shall hold real estate in said town at the time of his election
and during his term of office of the value of not less than five
hundred dollars, and the judges of election, immediately after
the polls close on the day of election, shall count and canvass
the vote cast and make out and sign two certificates of the
result of the said election, giving the number of votes cast, for
whom cast and the number of spoiled ballots, and on the fol-
lowing day they shall return one of the said certificates, with
all the ballots cast at said election, to the president of the
Board of Commissioners, who shall keep the same for three
months thereafter, and on the same day they shall return the
other certificate thus made out, with the list of those voting
at said election, to the Burgess of the town, who shall within
five days after receiving the same, notify the candidates thus
elected of their said election.

SEC. 110. All elections shall be held by ballot, and in such
manner as shall from time to time be directed by ordinance,
and ten days before the day of election the Burgess, with the