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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Election de-
clared valid

and James C. Brelsfoid as Commissioners of the town of
Berwyn Heights on the first Monday in May, 1897, at the
election held by John C. Bonnet, John Dove and Mahlen C.
Stotzenberg, as judges of election, be and the same is hereby
declared valid as fully as if the said election had been held by
judges appointed in conformity with the Acts of 1896, chapter
267, and the acts done by faid Commissioners be and the same
are hereby ratified and confirmed.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved March 22, 1898.

CHAPTER 74.
AN ACT to create and establish a new Election District in
Wicomico County, to be known as the Eleventh or Del mar
Election District of Wicomico County.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

New election
district.

land, That there shall be and there is hereby created a new
election district in Wicomico county, to be known as the
eleventh or Delmar election district of Wicomico county, and
to be formed of the northern part of Salisbury election dis-
trict, and the polling place of said district shall be Delmar.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the boundaries of said new
district shall be as follows: Beginning at the intersection of

Boundaries.

the county road leading from Salisbury to Mardella Springs
and the county road leading from said road easterly over the
Ruark, or Nailor Mill dam, thence by and with said Ruark or
Naylor road to the dam aforesaid ; thence up the Ruark or
Naylor Mill pond and branch to the mill dam of George W.
Leonard of B, and county road leading from Salisbury to
Laurel, Delaware ; thence by and with said county road to the
Delaware line ; thence by and with the Delaware line to Spring
Hill lane; thence by and with Spring Hill lane and the county
road leading from Salisbury to Mardella Springs to the begin-
ning.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all persons now residing

When enti-
tled to reg-
ister and
vote.

within the limits aforesaid, and who are registered voters in
Salisbury election district from which is constituted the new
election district of Delmar, shall be entitled to register and
vote in the said new district, upon presenting to the register
thereof their certificate of dismissal from Salisbury election
district, as is now provided by law ; and all persons that reside
within the limits of the new district aforesaid, and qualified to