PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1255

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections seventy-two to one hundred and four,. in-
clusive, of Article six of the Code of Public Local Laws, title
"Caroline County," sub-title "Denton," and all amendments
and additions thereto, except as hereinafter retained and pre-
served be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments, to be numbered Sections seventy-two to one hun-
dred, inclusive, so as to read as follows:

SEC. 72. And be it further enacted, That the inhabitants of
Denton are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the
name of "The Commissioners of Denton," and by that name
shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, have and
use a common seal, which may be altered at pleasure, and have
and possess all powers incident to municipal corporations, as well
as those hereinafter particularly enumerated.

SEC. 73. And be it further enacted, That the limits of said
town shall be as follows:

As described on a plat thereof recorded in the Clerk's office
of the Circuit Court for Caroline County in Liber J. K. S.
No. 75, folio 187, one of the land record books for said County.

SEC. 74. And be it further enacted, That the Government of
said town shall be vested in and enforced by three commissioners
who shall be elected by the inhabitants of said town qualified
to vote for delegates to the General Assembly; the said Commis-
sioners shall be at least twenty-five years of age and payers of
taxes on the assessed value of at least five hundred dollars
worth of property, subject to municipal taxation, and shall have
resided at least two years within said town. At the election for
Commissioners to be held in April, 1914, the Commissioner re-
ceiving the highest number of votes shall hold office for a period
of three years, the one receiving the next highest number of
votes shall hold office for a period of two years and the one re-
ceiving the next highest number of votes shall hold office for a
period of one year, and if at said election there should be a tie
between two or more candidates with the highest number of
votes, the one to hold office for three years shall be publicly de-
termined by lot, after due notice to the parties interested, by
the Judges of Election; and if at said election there should be a
tie between two or more candidates with the next highest num-
ber of votes, the one to hold office for two years shall be publicly
determined by lot after due notice as aforesaid; and if at said
election there should be a tie between two or more candidates