ORDINARY KEEPERS— OYSTERS.

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SEC. 13. And be it enacted. That in case of a failure to elect
a commissioner in any of the said districts, by reason of a tie,
it shall be the duty of the sheriff of Saint Mary's county upon
receiving official information of the fact from the clerk of said

Case of tie
at election.

county, to appoint a day for holding a new election for com-
missioner from said district, upon at least ten day's notice, ex-
clusive of the day of holding such election ; and the judges of
election for said election district, shall hold the same, under
the regulations herein before provided, for the regular election
of commissioners for said county, and make their returns in
the same manner.

METHODIST CAMP MEETINGS.
The various laws for their protection, are merged in 1824, ch. 53, ante

page 803.

MILLS.
AN ACT, entitled, an Act to encourage the building of Horse-Mills and
Wind-Mills, in Dorchester and Saint Mary's Counties.— 1819, ch. 20.
See 'Dorchester County, title 'Mills/ ante page 1888.

NEGROES.
AN ACT for the better protection of Slaveholders in the several Counties
therein mentioned, — 1817, ch. 227.
See 'Anne Arundel County,' title 'Negroes,' ante page 1368.

ORDINARY KEEPERS.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Justices of the Levy Court of Saint
Mary's County to fix and regulate the rates of Public Inns. — 1825, ch. 144.

Now elec-
tion ordered

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, the justices of the
levy court of Saint Mary's county, be, and they are hereby au-
thorized, empowered, and directed, at their next meeting, and
from time to time thereafter as in their judgment they may
think fit, to establish and regulate the rates of all public inns
and taverns in Saint Mary's county.

Levy court
authorized
to regulate
inns.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all laws repugnant to the
provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

ORPHANS COURT.
AN ACT to regulate the pay of the Justices of Orphans Courts of the
several Counties therein named. — 1821, ch. 144.
See 'Charles County,' title 'Orphans Court/ ante page 1858.

OYSTERS.
A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT, entitled, an Act to prevent the destruction of
Oysters in the Waters of this State, passed at December session, eigh-
teen hundred and thirty -three, chapter two hundred and fifty-four, so far
as the same relates to Saint Mary's County.— 1835, ch. 260.
See 1831, ch. 249, ante page 1026.

Repeal.

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

Constables
to proceed