| 1807.
CHAP. 28.
* 1806, ch. 29.
† 1807, ch. 8.
Proviso. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
to the act, * entitled, An act to alter, change and repeal,
such parts of the constitution and form of government of this state
as relate to the division of Saint-Mary's county into electional districts,
and of the act, † entitled, An act to confirm an act, entitled,
An act to alter, change and repeal, such parts of the constitution
and form of government of this state as relate to the division of Saint-Mary's
county into electional districts, carefully making the several
districts as nearly equal as possible, having regard to population,
extent, and convenience of the voters; Provided, that the said
commissioners shall lay off the upper district, heretofore designated
by number two, as it is now located; and each election district shall
be numbered by the said commissioners, and known thereafter by
such number; and also to make a 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 fifteenth day of July 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 said county. |
Commissioners
to meet for purpose
of performing
duties imposed
by this act. |
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
election. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the levy court
of Saint Mary's
county shall, sometime in the month of August 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 them, in case of the non-attendance of the other two, shall
be the judges of the election for such districts, from the time of
their appointment until a new appointment; and the judges 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 as respects
said county. |
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 of Saint-Mary's county. |
Services under
this act, how to be
compensated. |
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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Passed Jan. 15, 1808.
† 1806, ch. 13. |
CHAP. XXIX.
A Supplement to an act † to appoint and authorise Commissioners
to
review and lay out a part of the Road therein mentioned
in Harford
County. Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 332. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS by an act (a), entitled, An act to lay out,
open and
clear, a road in Harford county, from the Pennsylvania line to
(a) See 1805, ch. 21. |
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