CONSTABLES— CORONERS— ELECTIONS.

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take into their charge!, all and every the books, records, vouchers

and other papers in the possession of, or belonging to the said

commissioners of the tax for the city of Baltimore.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the jurors hereafter summoned
from the city of Baltimore for the trial of causes in Baltimore

Pay to
jurors.

county court, shall be allowed for each and every day that they

attend as jurors aforesaid, the sum of one dollar*

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the mayor and city Council
of Baltimore be, and they are hereby authorized to levy, at such
time and in such manner as they may think proper, an amount
necessary to defray their proportion of the joint expenses of

Mayor and
city council
to lay levy
instead of
. the Levy
Court.

Baltimore county for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-

seven, and of such other expenses for said year as have usually

been levied on the city of Baltimore by the levy court of

Baltimore county.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the mayor and city council
of Baltimore be, and they are hereby authorized to make their

Time of
laying levy.

levy of taxes ou said city at any time that they may deem most

advisable.

CONSTABLES.

By 1817, ch. 190, Constables for the City are to be appoirtted by Balti-

more City Court. See ' Police »

Their fees are now ascertained by 1825, ch. 194, ante page 856.

CORONERS.

AN ACT relating to Coroners in the City and County of Baltimore. —

1836, ch. 165.

SRC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act it shall be the duty

Coroner
instructed.

of the coroners of Baltimore city and county to hold an inquest

over all persons found dead in tho city and county aforesaid,

where the manner and cause of such death shall not be clearly

known as accidental or in the course of nature.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That every thing inconsistent

Repeal.

with the provisions of this act heretofore passed, be, and the

same is hereby repealed, and declared null and void.

ELECTIONS.

AN ACT to guard against Fraud in the exercise of the Elective Franchise,

in the City of Baltimore, and to secure the Rights of Voters, and to

establish with greater certainty the Rules of Evidence to be observed at

all Elections in said City.— 1837, ch. 333.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act the registration of
the names of voters, within the city of Baltimore, according to
the provisions of this act, shall be taken and held as the only

Register,
tho only
evidence of
qualifi-
cation.

evidence of the qualification of said voters to vote at any elec-

tion that may hereafter be held in the said city.