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cuted shall be recorded in the county court office of the county
in which the party so executing the bond shall live.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That on the default of any of the
officers aforesaid, to execute the bond required by this act,
within the lime required by this act, such defaulter shall be
subject to a penalty of one thousand dollars to be recovered by
indictment in the name of the state in the county court of the
county in which such officer may reside.

Penalty for
neglect.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be and is hereby
rendered the duty of each of the officers aforesaid, to transmit to
the governor and council on the first Monday of October next,
after the execution of said bonds, a certified copy of the bond
executed by him under the provisions of this act.

CHAPTER 213.

Copy of
bonds to be
returned.

A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT,* entitled, an Act to reduce into one the several
Acts of Assembly respecting Elections, and to regulate said elections.

*1805, ch.
97.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That in case of an .election for delegates, or a delegate or repre-
sentative in congress to fill a vacancy, the warrant for such
election shall go to the sheriff of the county or counties where
the election is to be held, who shall appoint the day for the
holding of the same, of which eight days notice at least shall be
given (exclusive of the day of notice, and the day of election)
by such sheriff by advertisements set up at the most public
places within each district of the county or counties, under a
penalty of fifty dollars.

Warrant
and notice
of elections
to fill
vacancies.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said sheriff shall serve
a copy of the said warrant, together with notice of the day
appointed for holding said election on each of the judges in each
district at least three days before the day appointed for holding
such election, under the penalty of ten dollars for each and
every neglect, and such election shall be holden within fifteen
days after the said warrant shall be received by the sheriff to
whom the same shall be directed.

Notice to
judges of
elections.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the thirty-fifth section of
the act to which this is a supplement, be, and the same is
hereby repealed.

DECEMBER, 1824.-— CHAPTER 10.

Repealed.

A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT,* entitled, an Act for the establishment and
regulation of the Levy Courts of the several Counties in this State.
See original act, ante page 306; and 1824, ch. 140; 1825, ch. 161;
1830, ch. 132 ; 1835, ch. 201, 342.

*1794,ch.
53.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That in case of the death, refusal to act, removal out of his
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Levy court
to appoint
constables.