Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-03-11
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An Act to Incorporate the Village Of Port
Tobacco in Charles County. .f,..r

An Act to Incorporate the Village Of Por1
Tobacco in Charles County. fsf
WAereas, it is represented to this Gene.
raj Assembly, that it would greatly contri-
butte to the advantage and improvement Of
the village of Port Tobacco, in Charles
county, if the same should be placed under
the care and regulation of certain Commits
sioners to be elected by the citizens thereof
and vested with sufficient power to forward
and effect the purposes intended There
fore, ~; -. ..cg - .:a-
Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly Of maryland, That the citizens of
the village of Port Tobacco, in Charles
county, shall be, and they are hereby con-
stituted and made a body corporate by the
name of 'fThe President and Commission
ers of the Village of Port Tobacco" and as
such shall have succession, and by their cor
porate name may sue and be, sued, plead and
be impieaded, grant, receive and do all other
acts as natural persons; and may purchase
and hold real estate and personal and mixed
property, or dispose, Of the same for the
benefit Of the said village; and have and
use common seal which may be changed
at pleasure. sE aa.3>'s - .*.'
Sec. 2. And be 1t enacted, That all free
white male citizens, of the village of Port
Tobacco aforesaid, above twenty-one years
of age, who shall have resided in said village
for the space Of four months, and twelve
months in the State, next preceding the
esetl9n y b fba4 54 Be third sa3
on the first Monday in June in each and
every year thereafter, at such house as shall
be designated as the Town Hall by the said
municipality, be authorized to elect five dis
Greet persons Commissioners for hesaid yil-
lage, who shall have resided within the limits
of said village for at least twelve months next
preceding the election. -. .,.,or'. lid III T..
Sec. 3. And be 1t enacted, That any JUS
tice of the Peace for the county aforesaid
shall, in the first instance, be the. Judge of
the said election, who shall open the polls
at twelve o'clock, NJ, and close the same at
six O'Clock the same day; and shall return
his certificate of the persons elected to said
Commissioners on the, day first appointed
for their meeting, and the same shall be filed
and recorded among their proceedings. =. .
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That all future
elections shall be held and conducted as shall
be from time to time directed by the by
laws Of the corporation, the same not being
inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
Sec. 5. And be 1t eaacted,- That every
Commissioner to be elected in pursuance of
this act, before he shall proceed to execute
the duties of his office, shall take an oath or
affirmation before some Justice of the Peace
of the county aforesaid, that he will dill
gently and faithfully, according to the best
Of his Judgment, perform the duty of Conn
missioner of the said village, according to the
directions of this act, without favor, parti-
,ality or prejudice; and a certificate Of such
qualification shall be made and returned by
such Justice of, the Peace to the said Com
Imissioners. to be filed and recorded among
their proceedings. - -.
| Sec. 6. And be 1t enacted, That the Com
missioners so elected shall have power to
meet and adjourn from time to time as they
shall see fit and shall, on the first meeting
after said election, choose from their own
body President who shall preside at all
meetings of the Commissioners, vote on all
questions before them, and remain in Office
until superseded by the appointment Of a
new President after new election of Com
missioners as aforesaid. , -aa,.. ~ &. ,lee
Sec. I. Ind be 1t enacted, That if any Of
the Commissioners so elected shall die, re-
sign or remove from said village, be non
compos mentis, or otherwise disqualified,
during the year for which. he or they may
be elected, an election to ell the vacancy
shall be held, at which all persons qualified
as specified in this act shall be entitled to
vote. g--:sL l.f. Eec J!
Sec. 8. And be 1t enacted, That should
the citizens of said village neglect at any
time to make an election at the time requir--
ed by this act, the power Of clecting Com
missioners should not therefore cease; but
the right and power, Of said inhabitants ants Of Of
said village in that respect continue the,
same as though such election had beensmade;
and the President and Commissioners for.
the time being shall continue and remain in
office, with like power and authority until
such election shall be held as aforesaid.
Sec. 9. and be 1t enacted, That the limits