The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-24
PUBLIC LOCAL Id ".
CHAPTER $40.
AN ACT to incorporate the town of
deer Park" in Garrett county.

deer Park" in Garrett county.
SECTION l. Re 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 constituted Il body
| corporate by the name of THE Commissioners
of Deer Park" and by that name may sue and
| be sued. have and use common seal and
| have perpetual succession.
| SEC 2. And be it 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 beginnngat Point North 45' East
| 226L 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 a survey and descriptive plat thereof
| to be made rs soon as convenient after the
| election, and shall enter said 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 shall
thereupon constitute the boundaries and linn
| its of said town.
| SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the legal
voters of Deer Park who have resided within
It's 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 i'm the year eighteen hundred and
eighty four, and shall every two years there
after, on the first Monday in May, elect five
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 gratuitous and with
out pay. z.,,
| SEC L. And be it enacted, That +. C. Till
SON. Dodridge Graham, and VIM. G.. Jones. be
and they are hereby appointed Judges of Eec-
| 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 In three or more conspicuous public
| 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
| poll J. 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 Il majority of said three Judges
shall have power to do all things named un-
| deI this section in case one ofthem dies or re-
| fuses to act; and the said Judges shall keep
| the polls open at least three consecutive hours
| and shall record the names of the voters and
after the closing of the Polls shall ut once
| count the ballots and announce the result
| and make and sign certificate thereof. to be
! filed among the records of the said Corpora
| ton and the Commissioners so elected shall
| MS 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 a
| failure to qualify within fifteen days after
their election shall be deemed refusal on
| the part of the party so falling, to accept the
office to which he las been elected.
SEC. s And be IL enacted, ThGt u 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 US early thereafter rs
possible from among the qualified voters of
said town and the person appointed TO fill
said vacancy shall hold the Office till the next
| election.
SEC. 8. And be It enacted, That all future
elections shall be held and conducted as snail
be from time to time, directed by the laws of
the Corporation, the same not being incOn.
sistant with the provisions of this Act.
SEC. T. And be tt enacted, That each Com
missioner before he acts rs SUCH shall make
oath before n Justice Of the Pence in and for
Garrett county, that he will diligently and
faithfully. to the best of his skill and judy
ment, perform the duties OF II Commissioner
| ofsaid town, without favor, partiality or pre-
judioe and a certificate Of such qualification