| 1803.
CHAP. 46.
Passed Jan. 7, 1804. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. XLVI.
An Additional Supplement to the act, (a) entitled, An act
to regulate
Elections. lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 402.
(a) 1799, ch. 50. See 1802, ch. 66, and 1805, ch. 97. |
Commissioners
appointed to lay
off Frederick
county into nine
districts.
* 1802, ch. 82.
† 1803, ch. 19. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Samuel Duvall, William Ballinger, Michael Myer, Peter Shover
and Norman Bruce, 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 Frederick county into nine separate election
districts, in conformity to the act, * entitled, An act to alter and
repeal such parts of the constitution and form of government of this
state as relate to the division of Frederick county into election districts,
and of the act, † entitled, An act to confirm an act, entitled,
An act to alter and repeal such parts of the constitution and form
of government of this state as relate to the division of Frederick
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 said commissioners, and known thereafter by such
number; and also to make choice of a place in each district at
which the election shall be held, as nearly central as shall be practicable,
having regard to the circumstances aforesaid, and the accommodation
of persons attendant upon such election; and the said
commissioners, or a majority of them, or a majority of the survivors
of them, shall, on or before the first day of May next, 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 election for such district shall be held, and the said
clerk shall record the same in the records of the said county. |
Commissioners to
meet for performance
of duties. |
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 the usual place of holding the county court of
said county on the first Monday 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. |
Levy court to appoint
judges of
elections. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the levy court
of Frederick county
shall, sometime in the month of May next, and in the same month
annually for ever thereafter, appoint three persons for each election
district, residents therein, who, or a majority, or any one of whom,
in case of the non-attendance of the other two, shall be the judges
of the election for such district from the time of their appointment
until a new appointment; and the judges so appointed shall have,
hold and exercise, the same powers and authority, and be subject
to the same penalties, as the judges of elections in the several counties
of this state now are. |
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 in Frederick county. |
Compensation for
services to be performed. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That for all services
to be performed
by this act, the levy court of said county shall make reasonable
compensation out of the county levies. |
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