JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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SEC. 83. Be it enacted, That the corporate bounds

and limits of said Town of Uniontown, shall be de-

scribed as follows: commencing at the alley or lane

Metes and

west of Mt. Joy Meeting House, (colored), at the

bounds.

west end of Uniontown, running south fifty-five

perches, then parallel with the main street of said

town to the county road, at the east end of said

town, leading from the Uniontown Turnpike to

Wakefield, then due north one hundred and five

(105) perches, then with a straight line to the south-

west corner of J. C. Brubaker's barn, thence with a

straight line to what is known as the Red Gate,

situated on the county road, leading to Taneytown,

then with a straight line to the place of beginning.

SEC. 84. Be it enacted, That all persons who have

resided in the said town of Uniontown for six (6)

Qualifications

months, and who are qualified to vote for Delegates

to the General Assembly, and all persons who may

hold real estate in said town, but non-residents, shall,

on the first Saturday in April, eighteen hundred and

seventy-six, and on the same day and month in each

year thereafter, elect by ballot, one person for bur-

Elect by bal-
lot.

gess and four persons for commissioners, all of

whom shall have resided in said town one year

previous to the day of election, and who shall each

be the owner in his own right of real or personal

estate therein, assessed at not less than two hundred

and fifty dollars, and the said officers shall be known

as the Burgess and Commissioners of Uniontown,

Carroll county, Maryland.

SEC. 85. Be it enacted, That Edwin G. Gilbert,

John A. Brown, and J. T. H. Davis, be and are

hereby appointed judges to hold the first election

Judges of elec-

under this act, and who shall give at least five days

tion.

notice, by posting not lees than three notices in

public places in said town, of the time and place at

which said election shall be held; and the said

judgea of election, before opening the polls, shall

take an oath or affirmation before some justice of

Take oath.

the peace of the said county, to permit every qualified

voter as aforesaid to vote, and none other; and a

majority of said judges shall have power to do all

things named under this section; in case one or

more, or al! of the aforesaid judges shall refuse to