330 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

David Cramer to the dividing line of David Cramer and John-
son and Kemp's addition to Walkersville; thence northwest in
a direct line to the southeast boundary line of heirs of J. Z.
Reddick's lot; thence with said line of heirs of J. Z. Reddick
direct to a locust tree through the lands of David Cramer, and
from said locust tree to the place of beginning.

SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That on the first Monday of May,
A. D. 1914, the voters of Walkersville qualified as hereinafter
described, shall elect a Burgess and three Commissioners. At
the election in the year 1914 the Burgess and Commissioner
receiving the highest number of votes shall hold office for two
years and the two Commissioners receiving the next highest
number of votes shall hold office for one year, and at the elec-
tion held in the year 1915, there shall be two Commissioners
elected for a term of two years, and at the election to be held
in the year 1916, a Burgess and one Commissioner shall be
elected for term of two years, and in like manner alternately
from year to year thereafter. An election shall be held on
the 1st Monday of May in each year, and all officers elected
shall hold office until their successors in office are duly elected
and qualified. The Burgess shall receive as compensation for
his services the sum of $15.00 per annum, and each Commis-
sioner the sum of $5.00 per annum. Said Burgess and Com-
missioners shall be residents of the town for at least one year
prior to their election, and shall be twenty-five years of age or
over, and the bona-fide owners of real or personal property,
or the husband of bona-fide owners of real or personal prop-
erty assessed upon the tax books of said corporation, for at
least five hundred dollars.

SEC. 6. Be it enacted, That said Commissioners shall elect
one of their number President pro tem of the Board of Com-
missioners, who shall act as Burgess, with all the rights, powers
and duties of said Burgess, except the power of appointment
or removal during the temporary absence or illness of the Bur-
gess, and in case the office of Burgess shall become vacant, from
any cause; and in case of the removal of any Commissioner
beyond the corporate limits of the town, or in case of a vacancy
in the office of Commissioner, the Commissioners, or a majority
of them, shall elect a Commissioner to fill the vacancy for the
remainder of the term and until a successor shall be elected
and qualified.

SEC. 7. Be it enacted, That the Burgess and Commissioners
shall constitute a Board to be known as the Board of Com-