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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the inhabitants of North Beach, in Calvert County,
Maryland, be and they are hereby incorporated and created a
corporate body under the name and by the style of North Beach,
and by that name may sue and be sued and have and use a
common seal, and have perpetual succession.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the boundary limits of said
North Beach shall be as follows: So much as lies east of the
west line of Detroit Avenue in that tract of land situate, lying
and being in Calvert County in the State of Maryland, and
heretofore called North Chesapeake Beach, as appeared by plat
recorded among the Land Records of Calvert County aforesaid
in Liber G. W. D. No. 1, Folio 497 (and also the water abutting
thereon eastward for a distance of 3, 000 feet). And said town
shall have and exercise full police powers within and for a dis-
tance of one thousand feet beyond the land boundaries thereof.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That on the first Tuesday follow-
ing the first Monday in November, 1924, and biennially there-
after, the qualified electors of North Beach shall vote for a
mayor, treasurer and six councilmen, who shall each have the
qualification requisite for an elector of said town, and said
Mayor and councilmen shall together constitute the Council of.
said town; that an elector of said town shall be any person of
the age of twenty-one years and upwards who, on the day of
election and continuously for a period of ninety days prior
to registration shall be the owner of real estate in said town,
whether such real estate be held individually, jointly or
as tenant by the entirety, and the husband or wife, as
the case may be, of the owner or owners thereof, respectively:
Provided, that not more than one person shall be entitled to
vote for each one thousand square feet of land so held; provided
further, that the evidence of ownership of the amount of real
estate required by this Act shall be the original deed for the
same or a certified copy thereof, showing that it has been duly
recorded, or a certificate from the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Calvert County to that effect, together with the receipts for
town taxes up to and including the current year, which evidence
of ownership shall be submitted to the Board of Registration,
hereinafter created, for its action thereon, which submission
and action by the Board shall be a condition precedent to the
right of any person to vote at the ensuing election.

SEC. 3-A. And be it enacted, That on or before the four;
Saturday in April. 1924, and each election year, there-