T. HOLLIDAY HICKS, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

1860.

sioners of Uniontown, and as such shall have suc-
cession, and by their incorporate name may sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded in the several
courts of this State, and may have and use a com-
mon seal, and the same may alter and change at
their pleasure.

CHAP. 55.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That the free white
male citizens of Uniontown of the age of twenty-
one years and upwards, and having resided twelve
months in said town next preceding the election,
shall on the first Monday in April next, and on the
first Monday in April in each and every year there-
after elect by ballot a burgess, assistant burgess
and three commissioners who shall have resided
within the limits of said town twelve months next
preceding the election and shall have attained the
age of twenty-one years.

Election of
burgess, &c.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the oldest jus-
tice of the peace in commission residing in said
town, shall appoint by writing under his hand and
seal, three judges to hold the first election who
shall keep the polls open from ten o'clock in the
morning, until three in the afternoon, and shall
conduct said election in the manner in which the
judges of election for delegates to the General As-
sembly as far as may be consistent with the pro-
visions of this act and the said judges shall make
return under their hands and seals of the election
to the clerk of the Circuit court of Carroll county,
to be by him safely kept.

First elec-
tion.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all further elec-
tions shall be held and conducted as shall from
time to time be directed by the by-laws of the cor-
poration, the same not being inconsistent with the
provisions of this act.

Further elec-
tions.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the burgess
shall preside at all meetings of the municipality
with the privilege of the casting vote only, and in
his absence, the assistant burgess shall preside
under the same restrictions, but when the burgess
is present, the assistant burgess shall have the
same power and authority as one of the commis-
sioners.

Meetings.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the burgess and
commissioners aforesaid or a majority of them may
meet together from time to time, as often as oc-

Vacancies —
how filled.