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to be chosen one whole year
next preceding the election,
above twenty-one years of
age, and having in the State
real or personal property
above the value of five hun-
dred pounds current money,
and upon the final casting
of the polls the four persons
who shall appear to have the
greatest number of legal
votes, shall be declared and
returned duly elected for
their respective county.
4. That all persons, quali-
fied by the charter of the
city of Annapolis to vote for
burgesses, shall, on the same
first Monday of October
seventeen hundred and sev-
enty-seven, and on the same
day in every year for ever
thereafter, elect viva voce,
by a majority of votes, two
delegates, qualified agreeable
to the said charter; that the
mayor, recorder, and elder-
men, of the said city, or any
three of them, be judges of
the election, appoint the
place in the said city for
holding the same, and may
adjourn from day to day as
aforesaid, and shall make re-
turn thereof as aforesaid;
but the inhabitants of the
said city shall not be entitled
to vote for delegates for
Anne-Arundel county, unless
they have a freehold of fifty
acres of land in the county,
distinct from the city.
5. That all persons, inhab-
itants of Baltimore town,
and having the same qualifi-
cations as electors in the
county, shall, on the same
first Monday of October
seventeen hundred and sev-
enty-seven, and on the same
day in every year for ever
thereafter, at such place in
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shall be and the same are
hereby repealed and abol-
ished.
Proposed by Act of 1836,
chapter 197. Ratified 1837.
Sec. 9. ... and one dele-
gate in and for the City of
Annapolis, until the prom-
ulging of the census for the
year eighteen hundred and
forty, when the City of
Annapolis shall be deemed
and taken as a part of Anne
Arundel County, and her
right to a separate delega-
tion shall cease, ....
Proposed by Act of 1845,
chapter 269. Ratified 1846.
Sec. 2. The Delegates
elected on the first Wednes-
day in October, eighteen
hundred and forty-seven,
and at all succeeding elec-
tions forever thereafter, shall
be chosen for two years.
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