ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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pointed to be of a different political party from that

of the judge or judges so appointing, if both are of

the same party; if none of the judges appointed by

Judge of elec-

the county commissioners shall attend at the place of

tion failing to

election at the time prescribed for opening the elec-

attend.

tion, it shall be lawful for the justices of the peace for

the said county there present, or a majority of them,

or for one such justice of the peace, if only one be

present, to appoint three reputable persons who are

voters and residents of the voting precinct or district,

to act as judges in the place of those failing to attend,

and in case no such justice of the peace is present,

then a majority of the voters present shall select by

Who to make

ballot, three persons as aforesaid, to act as judges in

appointment.

the place of those failing to attend, and the judges so

appointed shall be vested with the same power and

authority, and subject to the same penalties and re-

sponsibilities, as if they had been appointed by the

county commissioners, provided that nothing herein

contained shall be construed to apply to Baltimore city.

Approved March 20, 1884.

Chapter 113.

AN ACT granting the sanction of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland to a gift of six hundred dollars
from Adam L. Jacobs, to trustees, in trust for the
use of the " Trustees of Mount Sion Church,"
Liberty Circuit, of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
in Frederick county and State of Maryland, a body
corporate.

WHEREAS Adam L. Jacobs, of Frederick county,
in the State of Maryland, by agreement bearing date
the ninth day of February, eighteen hundred and

eighty-four, transferred certain funds, therein more
fully mentioned, to John L. Nicodemus, Simon W.
Staffer, John D. Nicodemus, trustees, for the use of
the " Trustees of Mount Sion Church, Liberty Cir-
cuit, of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Frederick

Preamble.