1838.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 96.

til the election of county commissioners hereinafter
provided for.

Divided into three

commissioners dis-

tricts.

2d district, 2 com-

missioners.

3d district, 1 com-

missioner.

Their powers.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That Worcester county
shall be divided into three commissioners' districts, for
the purpose of electing commissioners for said county;
that the first shall be composed of the districts now
known as the first, second and seventh election dis-
tricts, which shall elect two commissioners; and the
second shall be composed of the districts now known
as the third and fourth election districts, which
shall elect two commissioners, and the third shall be
composed of the districts now known as the fifth, sixth,
and eighth election districts, which shall elect one com-
missioner, which said commissioners when so elected
shall succeed to all the rights, privileges and immuni-
ties of the present Levy Court of said county.

Election, October,

1839.

Triannually there-
after.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the mode and man-
ner of electing the said commissioners for Worcester
county, shall be as follows: the voters of each election

qualified to vote for members of the House of Dele-
gates of Maryland, shall on the first Wednesday of
October, eighteen hundred and thirty -nine, and at the
same time every three years thereafter, vote at their
respective place of voting, as already provided for by
law, for such person or persons, possessing the qualifi-
cations hereafter required, as the commissioners' dis-
trict of which said voters may be resilient, shall be
entitled to, according to the provisions of this act, here-
inbefore prescribed.

Qualification for

commissioner.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That in addition to the
qualifications now requisite to be eligible to a seat in
the House of Delegates of Maryland, the person voted
for as commissioners, to be entitled to said office shall
have resided for at least one year immediately prece-
ding the election hi the commissioner's district in
which said election is held.

Mode of conduct-

ing the elections.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the judges of elec-
tions for each election district in said county, or a ma-
jority of them, shall certify under their hands, and
return in a form and manner similar to their certifi-
cates and return of the election of delegates afore-
said, the number of votes given in their said respec-
tive districts for a commissioner or commissioners,