The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31
PUBLIC LOCAL La ".
CHAPTER 519.
AN ACT to incorporate the town OF
Deer Park" in Garrett county.

SECTION |. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That the inhabitants
of the Town of Deer Park IN Garrett county,
be and they are hereby go, constituted a, body
of Deer Park" and by that name may sue and
be sued, have and use a common seal and
have perpetual succession.
SEC .. And be 1t enacted, That the corpor-
ate bounds and limits of said Town OF Deer
Park shall embrace an area of one square
mile; lines to run North and South, East and
West and beginning at Point North 45o East
2261I Rods from where the Road from Sandy
Flat to Deer Park crosses the Road from
Broadford to Deer Park and Altamont, said
point being the Center of said township.
And the first elected Commissioners shall
cause survey and descriptive plat thereof
to be made as soon as Convenient after the
election and shall enter id description and
plat upon the record of their proceedings, and
also cause the same to be recorded in the office
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Garrett
county, and the said descriptive plat snail
thereupon constitute the boundaries ana nm
its of said town.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the legal
voters OF Deer Park who have resided within
its corporate limits six months preceding the
election and all male citizens of the United
States, who own any interest in real Estate or
in houses in said town, of the age OF twenty
one years and upward, shall on the first Mon
day in May in the year eighteen hundred and
eighty-four, and shall every two years there
after, on the first Monday in May, elect hye
persons, who are owners of real Estate In SAID
town, to serve two years from the date of
their election, and until their successors are
elected and qualified, and the services by said
Commissioners shall be gratutous and with
SEC 4. And be it enacted, That f. C. Till
son, Dodrdge Graham, and VIM. &. Jones, be
and they are hereby appointed Judges OF Elec-
ton to hold the first election under this Act ;
who shall give at least: five days notice by
posting not less than three written or printed
notices I'm three or more conspicuous pubic
places in said town of the time and place, at
which said Election shall be held; and the
said Judges of election, before opening the
polls shall take an oath before some Justice
of the Peace of said county to permit every
qualified voter as aforesaid to vote and none
other; and n majority Of said three Judges
| deI this section in case one ofthem dies or re-
| fuses to act; and the said Judges snail keep
| the polls open at least three consecutive hours
| and shall record the names OF the voters ana
after the closing of the Polls shall at once
count the ballots and announce the result,
| and make and sign certificate Thereon, 10 be
| filed among the records OF the sald corpora,
| ton and the Commissioners so elected snail
| as soon thereafter as convenient qualify ana
serve until the first Monday in May eighteen
hundred and eighty six and until their sue
| cessors shall be elected and qualified; and
| failure to qualify within fifteen days aner
their election shall be deemed a refusal on
the part of the party SO falling, 10 accept the
| office to which he has been elected.
| SEC. 5. And be IL enacted, That II any per-
son so elected as Commissioner shall refuse
to serve as such, or his place shall become va
cant by death, resignation, disqualification
or otherwise, the remaining Commissioners
| shall I'LL the vacancy as early thereafter as
possible from among the qualified voters OF
1 said town and the person appointed TO NIL
said vacancy shall hold the office till the next
| election.
| SEC. 6. And be It enacted, That all future
| elections shall be held and conducted as shall
| be from time to time, directed by the laws of
the Corporation, the same not being neon
| sistant with the provisions of this Act.
| SIC T. And be IL enacted, That each Com
| missioner before he acts as such, shall make
| oath before q Justice of the Peace in and for
| Garrett county, that he will diligently and
| faithfully. to the best Of his skill and ludg-
| ment, perform the duties Of n Commissioner
| of said town, without favor, Partially or pre-
Judloe and q certificate ofsuch qualification