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Perryville 2297
day following the election of their successors. Commissioners shall have
resided in the Town for at least one year immediately preceding their
election and shall be both qualified voters of the Town and own real estate
to the value of five hundred dollars. No such Commissioner shall receive
any compensation for his services as such.] All powers of the Town shall
be vested in a Board of Commissioners consisting of six Commissioners
who shall be elected from a total of three districts as hereinafter provided.
In the election on the second Tuesday of May in 1971, two commissioners
shall be elected from each of the three districts. The candidate who re-
ceives the greatest number of votes in each district shall hold office for
two years. The candidate who receives the next highest number of votes
in each district shall hold office for one year. Beginning with the election on
the first Tuesday of May in 1972 and each subsequent year thereafter, three
commissioners shall be elected, one from each district. The candidate who
receives the highest number of votes in each district shall hold office for a
term of two years. The regular term of commissioners shall expire on the
second Monday following the election of their successors or when their
successors take office. Commissioners shall have resided in the Town for
at least one year immediately preceding their election and shall be both
qualified voters of the Town and, own real estate to the value of five hun-
dred dollars. No commissioner shall receive any compensation for his serv-
ices as such.
[There shall be two commissioners elected from the First District as
follows:] The boundaries of the three districts shall be as follows:
First District: The First District shall comprise all that area begin-
ning at a point on the East bank of the Susquehanna River where the center-
line of the B. & 0. Railroad bridge crosses said river, thence in an East-
erly direction .along said centerline of the B. & 0. Railroad to a point where
same intersects the Pennsylvania Railroad's Baltimore to Harrisburg line,
thence in a Southerly direction along the centerline of said Pennsylvania
Railroad to a point where the Easternmost spur crosses the centerline of
Broad Street and/or State Highway Route No. 7, thence in an Easterly di-
rection along the centerline of said Route No. 7 to the extreme Easternmost
boundary line of the Town of Perryville, thence in a Southerly direction
along said Town boundary and following same to Mill Creek and continu-
ing on along the Southernmost boundary line between Perry Point Vet-
erans Hospital grounds and Perryville limits to the Eastern bank of the
Susquehanna River, thence along the Eastern bank of said river to point
of beginning, said area to be represented by two commissioners residing
therein.
[There shall be two commissioners elected from the Second District
as follows:]
Second District: The Second District shall comprise all that area be-
ginning at a point in the centerline of Route No. 7 where the Easternmost
Town Boundary crosses said highway, thence in a Northerly direction
along said Eastern Town Boundary to where same crosses the centerline
of the B. & 0. Railroad, thence in a Westerly direction along said center-
line of the B. & 0. Railroad to a point where the B. & O. Railroad bridge
crosses the centerline of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Baltimore to Harris-
burg line, thence in a Southerly direction along said centerline of the
Pennsylvania Railroad to the point where the Easternmost railroad spur
crosses the centerline of Broad Street and/or State Highway Route
No. 7 to place of beginning, said area to be represented by two commis-
sioners residing therein.
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