1576 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sioners who shall be elected by the inhabitants of said town
qualified to vote for Delegates to the General Assembly; the said
Commissioners 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 Com-
missioners receiving 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 receiving 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 determined by lot, after due notice to the par-
ties interested, by the Judges of Election; and if at said elec-
tion there should be a tie between two or more candidates with
the next highest number 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 with the next highest number of votes,
the one to hold office for one year shall be publicly determined
by lot after due notice as aforesaid. At the election to be held
in April, 1915, there shall be one Commissioner elected for a
period of three years and one Commissioner for a like period
each year thereafter. Said election shall be held annually on the
fourth Monday of April at such place in said town as shall be
designated by the Commissioners between the hours of two and
five o'clock P. M. The Commissioners shall give at least two
weeks' notice of the election in one or more newspapers pub-
lished in Caroline County, and by such other means as they may
elect; and they shall appoint three Judges of Election, the
Judges shall keep a record of the persons voting and the per-
sons voted for and the persons having the highest number of
votes shall be declared duly elected; the Judges of Election
shall notify the persons elected of their election, and the per-
sons so elected shall severally hold their respective offices from
the second Monday of May next ensuing the election for and
during the terms, respectively, of three, two and one year, and
until their successors shall be elected and qualified. Said Judges
shall conduct such election in accordance with the ordinance
prescribing same, which shall require them to make return to
the Commissioners and provide for the preservation of the bal-
lots for a period of four months. If notice of such election