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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 154.

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of Harford and Talbot counties to divide any of the election districts in said counties into election precincts, and to designate the places of holding elections therein.

Make divis'ns

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the County Commissioners of Harford and Talbot counties be and they are hereby authorized to make such divisions of any election district or districts, in said counties, into election precincts as in their judgment the public interest may require; and to designate the places of holding elections therein and the number by which each of said precincts shall be known.

Separate lists.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the officer of registration in each election district, so divided into precincts, when notified by the county commissioners of such division of any such-district prior to the next election in said counties, to register all the voters in such district, in the same mode and manner as the voters in other districts are required to be registered by the registration laws of the State of Maryland; and he shall prepare separate lists of voters according to the sub-divisions of such districts into precincts as hereinbefore provided, designating the election precincts of the districts in which the voters are or shall be respectively entitled to vote, and shall deliver one copy of the lists of voters for each of said precincts to the judges of election thereof.

Appoint Judges.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of Harford and Talbot counties to appoint three persons for each of said precincts, residents thereof, to act as judges of elections for said precincts, and who shall perform the duties of their office in the manner required by the election laws of the State of Maryland, and such judges shall make their returns in the same manner as if the said precincts were districts and in accordance with the