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CHAPTER 171.
AN ACT to repeal sections four, twelve, and fifteen,
of an act passed and approved April fourth, eigh-
teen hundred and seventy, chapter two hundred
and sixty, entitled an act to incorporate the town
of Laurel, in Prince George's county, and to re-en-
act the same with amendments.
SECTION 1. And be it enacted by the General Assembly	Repealed and
of Maryland, That sections four, twelve, and fifteen,	re-enacted
of an act passed and approved April fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy, chapter two hundred and sixty,
entitled an act to incorporate the town of Laurel, in
Prince George's county, be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted to read as follows :
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the male citzens of
said town, of the age of twenty-one years and up-	Elect commis- sioners
wards, having resided therein for the space of six
months next preceeding the first Monday in May
next, may on that day, at the place where elections
are held in said town, and on the first Monday in
May, in each and every year thereafter, be authorized
to elect five commissioners for said town, who shall
serve for one year or until their successors shall have
been elected and qualified.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That no person shall be
eligible as commissioner of said town, unless he is	Eligibility.
a holder of real estate, and shall have resided within
the limits of the same for at least one year next pre-
ceeding the election, and said commissioners shall	Give bond
each give bond to said town of Laurel, in the penalty
of one thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of
their duties as such commissioners; and suit may be
brought thereon, in the name of said town, for any
violation of the condition of such bonds.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the commissioners
may, as often as deemed advisible, cause an assess-	Make assess-
ment to be made of all real and personal property	ment
within the limits of the corporation by a person to be
appointed and paid by them, which assessment shall
not exceed the present assessment of the same pro-
perty forcounty purposes, except where improvements