ART. 21. ] WASHINGTON COUNTY. 49
ARTICLE XXI.

Washington County.

CONTENTS.

BOONSBOROUGH— SEC. Acts of burgess, &c. of, legal- ized................................ 1 Future elections.................... 2 HAGERSTOWN— Powers of mayor, &c., of...... 3

HAGERSTOWN— SEC. Empowered to borrow money and issue bonds................. 4 Authorized to levy.............. 5 Ordinances, &c., made valid... 6

BOONSBOROUGH.
Chapter 97 enacts the following:

WHEREAS, the burgess and commissioners of Boonsboro', in
Washington county, have, by inadvertence, neglected to take
the oath of allegiance, and to subscribe their names thereto, as
required to be done by article first, section seven of the Consti-
tuion of the State, thereby rendering their acts illegal and of no
effect; therefore,

SEC. 1. The acts of said burgess and commissioners are hereby
made legal and binding, as if said oath of allegiance had been
taken and been subscribed to by the said burgess and commis-
sioners, according to the requirements of said Constitution, so
soon as they shall have taken and subscribed to said oath of
allegiance before a justice of the peace, or some other person
legally qualified to administer the same.

2. Any future elections for said corporation officers shall be
held legal, where a notice of ten days shall have been given,
whether the said election shall be for the burgess, assistant
burgess and commissioners, as required to be made annually by
the by-laws of said corporation, or to fill vacancies occasioned
by death, resignation, or any other cause; provided, that the