T. HOLLIDAY HICKS, ESQ., GOVERNOR.
CHAPTER 311.

1860.

CHAP. 311.

AN ACT to amend article ten of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws, relating to the Incorporation of
East New Market, by substituting the following
sections, and repealing sections one hundred and
thirty-four, one hundred and thirty-seven, one
hundred and forty-one, one hundred and forty-
two and one hundred and forty-six of said
article.

Passed March
5, 1860.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the white male citizens of East
New Market, of the age of twenty-one years and
upwards, who have resided in said town for six
months preceding the election, and are otherwise
qualified voters by law, shall, on the first Satur-
day of July next, between the hours of twelve
o'clock, M. and three o'clock, P. M., elect five com-
missioners for said town, who shall be qualified as
the said voters, for the term of one, two, three,
four and five years, and the first board shall deter-
mine, by lot, the term of service, of each commis-
sioner, and on the first Saturday of July in each
year thereafter, between the hours aforesaid, shall
elect one commissioner for five years, to take the
place of the commissioner whose term shall have
expired.

Election of
commission-
ers.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the limits of
said town shall extend to the distance of one third
of a mile from the sign post of the tavern house,
known as James Lecompte's, or the frame tavern,
each way, and the property within said limits, ex-
cept such parts of adjacent farms as are embraced
in the limits aforesaid, shall be subject to such
taxes and charges as may be deemed necessary by
the said commissioners, or a majority of them, to
support and maintain the expenses which may at
any time be incurred in the improvement of said
town.

Town limits.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That they may pass
all such ordinances and by-laws, not contrary to
law, as they may think proper for the comfort,
health and convenience of the town and its inhabi-
tants, for the prevention and removal of nuisances,
and the suppression of vice and immorality within

Ordinances.