LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

register, shall be entitled to register and vote in said new dis-
trict.

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SEC. 4, And be it enacted. That the Governor of Maryland
shall at once, on the passage of this law, appoint two justices
of the peace for said new district, who shall have and exercise
all the functions of a justice of the peace, and serve until their
Successors are duly appointed and qualified as is now provided
by law.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the County Commissioners
of Wicomico county and Supervisors of Elections in said
county are hereby authorized and directed to make all neces-
sary provisions for registering and voting in said new district,

Appoint-
ments.

as they are now required by law for other election districts ;
in said county ; and the County Commissioners of said county
shall appoint two constables for said new district and annually
thereafter, when constables are appointed in the other districts
of said county, and the said constables shall have and exercise
all the rights and functions as constables in Wicomico county
now have and qualified as now required bylaw, and the County
Commissioners aforesaid shall cause the assessable property in
said new district to be transferred to a new assessment book for
said district, and the collector of taxes for the fourth collec-
tion district of Wicomico county shall be collector of taxes for
said new district.

Duty of
county
commis-
sioners.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved March 22, 1898.

CHAPTER 75.
AN ACT to repeal Section 13 of Article 1 of the Code
of Public General Laws, as enacted by Chapter 113 of
the Acts of 1696, and to add two sections to said Article,
to follow Section 8.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section 13 of Article 1 of the Code of Pub-

Effective.

lic General Laws, title " Rules of Interpretation," be and the
same is hereby repealed, and the following sections are hereby
added to said article to follow section 8, and to be numbered
8 A and 8 B.
8 A. The form of judicial and all other oaths to be taken or

Repeal.

administered in this State, and not prescribed by the Constitu-
tion, shall be as follows : " In the presence of Almighty God

For an of oath