116 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 58

cincts that has not an excess of four hundred voters; and no
precinct or group of precincts in any district shall be sub-

divided unless one or more of said precincts so intended to
be divided, shall contain an excess of four hundred voters;
and whenever in the exercise of the discretion conferred upon
the several Boards of Supervisors of Elections of this section,
they shall subdivide any election district or election precinct
or precincts, they shall appoint officers of registration and
judges and clerks of election therefor, as in this article pro-
vided, who shall have all the powers, perform all the duties,
be subject to all the responsibilities and be liable to all
the penalties prescribed in this article for officers of regis-
tration, judges and clerks of election. All the members of
the Boards of Supervisors for the several Counties whenever
any such district, precinct or precincts is or are divided as
herein provided, shall sign their names to the books which
contain the names copied from the original books for such
new district, or precinct in the hands of such supervisors,
and shall duly certify that said new books contain all the
names of the persons entitled to vote in such newly estab-
lished district or precinct, such said certificate shall appear
on the blank line next following the last name in each letter
of the alphabetical list of names in the new book so tran-
scribed, and such said certificates shall be attested by the
clerk to the respective Boards of Supervisors; and said
Boards of Supervisors shall furnish to the officers of registra-
tion, and judges of election appointed by them for such new
additional voting precincts full and complete sets of registry
books, containing the names of all voters already registered,
duly and properly arranged for such additional voting pre-
cincts, and for the entering upon such registry books persons
entitled to be newly registered thereon, and the cost of such
subdivision and preparation of proper registry books shall
be paid by the County Commissioners of the Counties in
which such subdivisions shall be made upon proper requisi-
tions and vouchers presented by the Boards of Supervisors
of Elections. The boundaries of said additional precincts
established under this section shall be made known by adver-
tisement in two newspapers in said Counties, once a week
for three successive weeks, before the first day of September
in each year, in which such subdivision is made, said news-
papers to be designated as provided in other cases under this