| 1817.
CHAP. 30.
* 1816, ch. 26.
† 1817, ch. 9. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
Sansberry, be and they are hereby appointed and authorised, or a
majority of them, or a majority of the survivors of them, commissioners
to lay off Prince George's county into six separate election
districts, in conformity to the act*, entitled, An act to alter, change
and repeal, all such parts of the constitution and form of government
of this state as relate to the division of Prince-George's county
into election districts, and of the act, entitled, An act to confirm
an act†, entitled, An act to alter, change and repeal, all such
parts of the constitution and form of government of this state, as
relate to the division of Prince-George's county into election districts,
carefully making the several districts as nearly equal as
possible, having regard to population, extent, and convenience of
the voters; and each election district shall be numbered by the said
commissioners, and know thereafter by such number; and the
said commissioners shall also make choice of a place in each district,
at which the elections for such district shall be held, as nearly
central as practicable, having regard to the circumstances aforesaid,
and the accommodation of persons attendant upon such elections;
and the said commissioners, or a majority of them, or a majority
of the survivors of them, shall, on or before the fifteenth day
of July next, make out and deliver to the clerk of the county court
of said county, a description, in writing, under their hands and
seals, specifying plainly the boundaries and number of each district,
and also the place in each district where the elections for such
district shall be held, and the said clerk shall record the same in
the records of said county. |
Commissioners to
meet. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
appointed by
this act, or a majority of them, or a majority of the survivors of
them, shall meet at upper Marlborough in said county, on the first
Tuesday in the month of April next, for the purpose of performing
the duties imposed by this act, and the commissioners or commissioner,
so meeting, may adjourn from time to time, and from place
to place, until the whole is completed. |
Judges to be appointed.
‡ 1806, ch. 97. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the levy court
of Prince-George's
county, shall according to the provisions of the act‡, to which this
act is a further additional supplement, appoint three persons in
each district, residents therein, who, or such of whom as shall attend,
shall be the judge or judges of the elections for the district
for which he or they shall have been appointed as aforesaid. |
Laws declared in
force. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all laws now in
force with respect
to the time, manner and mode, of conducting and regulating
elections in the several counties of this state, shall be, and they are
hereby declared to be, in full force and effect in Prince-George's
county. |
| Compensation. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That for services performed
in virtue
of this act, the levy court of said county shall make reasonable compensation
out of the county levies. |
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Passed Jan. 3, 1818.
|| 1815, ch. 186. |
CHAP. XXXI.
A Supplement to an act||, entitled, An act authorised a Lottery
to raise
a sum of Money for completing an Episcopal Church in
Baltimore
County. Lib. TH. No. 5, fol. 513. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS, as it is represented to this general assembly,
that
some of the managers appointed by the act to which this is a supplement, |
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