HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 331

"Betterton", relating to the qualifications of voters and
the compensation of the Town Commissioners.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 43 of Article 15 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Kent
County", sub-title "Betterton", be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

43. There shall be three Commissioners for the town
of Betterton, who shall be elected for a term of three years,
all of whom shall be qualified voters of said town elections,
and above twenty-one years of age, shall receive
twenty-five dollars ($25. 00) per year as compensa-
tion for their services and shall serve until their
successors are duly elected and qualified. The first elec-
tion for Commissioners under this Act shall take place on
the last Saturday of May, 1908, between the hours of two
and six P. M. Immediately after said Commissioners
. shall be assembled in consequence of said election they shall
be divided by lot in three classes. The seat of the Commis-
sioner of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration
of one year, of the second class, at the expiration of two
years, and of the third class, at the expiration of three
years from said first election, so that thereafter one Com-
missioner shall be elected every year on the last Saturday
in May. No candidate shall be eligible to be voted upon at
said election unless he shall file with the Secretary of the
Board a notice of his candidacy at least five days before
said election. The inhabitants of Betterton who have
resided within the corporate limits six months preceding
an election, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards,
assessed for one hundred dollars ($100. 00), real or per-
sonal, within the corporate limits, shall be entitled to vote
at said election, and at any election held for the choosing of
said Commissioners on the last Saturday of May in each of
the two years after the year nineteen hundred and eight. A
majority of said Commissioners shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business. The said Commissioners
shall meet on the first Saturday in June of each year on and
after the year 1908, and take the oath of office to support
and maintain the Constitution and laws of the State of
Maryland, and to perform the duties of their office as Com-
missioners of Betterton, to the best of their ability, without
fear, favor, affection or partiality. They shall, therefore,
choose one of their number as their president who shall also
act as executive officer of said Commissioners of said town
of Betterton. The said Commissioners shall also choose, not
necessarily from among the members thereof, a secretary