494 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 278

sion of the Commissioners of Willards are vested in this cor-
poration; and the said corporation may receive in trust and
may control for the purpose of said trust all moneys or other
property which may have been or shall be bestowed upon such
corporation by will, deed or other form of gift or conveyance
in trust, for any general corporate purpose, or in aid of the
indigent poor, or for the general purposes of education, or
for charitable purposes of any description, within said Town
of Willards; and the said corporation may buy any property
it may deem necessary so to do, and may sell, lease or other-
wise dispose of any property belonging to said corporation;
provided that it shall not buy or dispose of any property to*
the value of five thousand dollars, or over without first sub-
mitting the question of buying or selling and disposing of said
property to the voters of Willards at a general or special elec-
tion of which at least twenty days' notice shall be given in the
manner provided for holding general elections under this act.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That the government
of the said Town shall be vested in three Commissioners, to be
selected as hereinafter provided. Such Commissioners shall
be qualified voters and residents of said Town and they must
continue to reside therein during the term of their offices and
they must be the owners of real estate within the said Town.
The said Commissioners shall hold office for two years and
serve without pay.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted., That the citizens of
Willards, who have resided within the corporate limits of said
Town for twelve months next preceding the election, and who
were qualified voters at the last preceding State or Congres-
sional election, shall, on the first Monday in May, in the year
1927, and on the same day every two years thereafter, elect
by ballot three persons to be Commissioners; and said Com-
missioners before they enter upon the duties of their office shall
make oath before a Justice of the Peace or Notary Public of
Wicomico County, State of Maryland, that they will diligently
and faithfully without partiality, favor or prejudice, well
and truly perform the duties of Commissioners of said Town;
and said Commissioners so elected shall meet on the second
Monday of each month, and as much oftener as they desire.
Wilmer C. Ennis, H. Carlton Adkins and Granville C. Wil-
kins be and they are hereby appointed Judges of Election,
to hold the first election under this Act. The said Judges