EMERSON C. HARRINGTON,, GOVERNOR. 859

road; them north twenty-two and one-half (22 1/2) degrees west
nineteen hundred and forty-seven (1947) feet to a set stone
near Duffield's house; then north eighty-three and one-half
(83 1/2) degrees west seventeen hundred and eighty-two (1782)
feet to a set stone; then south forty-four and three-fourths
(44 3/4) degrees west twenty-one hundred and twelve (2112)
feet to a set stone; then south five and one-half (5 1/2) degrees
east eleven hundred and fifty-five (1155) feet to the begin-
ning, containing two hundred and ninety-seven (297) acres of
land, more or less.

93. Citizens of said town of La Plata having the qualifi-
cations of the prescribed Voters by the laws of this State and
having resided in said town six months previous to any
municipal election, shall annually on the first Monday in
May elect three male citizens, taxpayers of said town of La
Plata, who are assessed on the tax books of said Charles
County as owning five hundred ($500. 00) dollars' worth of
property within the corporate limits of said town of La Plata,
who shall have resided in said town of La Plata for twelve
months next preceding said election, as the Town Commis-
sioners of La Plata to serve for one year, from June 1st, next
succeeding their election or until their successors shall be
elected and qualified. Said Town Commissioners shall receive
no pay for their services as such, and they shall continue to
reside in said town of La Plata during their term of office; pro-
vided, however, that there shall be no election of Town Com-
missioners in the month of May, 1916, but that Robert P. Hor-
ney, Conrad Posey and Philip S. Bowling, shall be and consti-
tute the Town Commissioners of La Plata, from and after the
1st day of June, 1916, until the 1st day of June, 1918, subject
to the provisions of this article or any part or amendments
thereof, provided for the Town Commissioners elected for all
other times than as herein in this section set forth, with power
to fill vacancies occurring among their own number, or else-
where in this article set forth for the Commissioners elected
as herein otherwise provided.

94. The Town Commissioners shall annually on or be-
fore the first Monday in April, 1918, give notice by
hand bills posted in conspicuous places in said town of La
Plata or by publication in some newspaper or newspapers pub-
lished in said town or by both hand bills posted as aforesaid
and by publication as aforesaid of the election to be held for
Town Commissioners of La Plata in that year, naming the