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from the company at the time of countersigning the transfer, the sum of five dollars.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved April 3, 1876.	In force.
CHAPTER 249. AN ACT to provide for the revision of the lists of registered voters in this State.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That for the correction of the lists of registered voters in this State, the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore city, and the Clerks of the Circuit Courts of the several counties shall, be- tween the last Monday in August and the first Mon- day of September, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and between the same periods in every year thereafter, deliver to the Officers of Registra- tion for Baltimore city and the several counties, the books of registration deposited in the offices of the said clerks respectively, and also duly certified copies of the lists of qualified voters remaining in their re- spective offices.	Correction of lists.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Officers of Regis- tration as aforesaid, shall, between the last Monday in August and the first Monday in September, eigh- teen hundred and seventy-six, and between the same periods in every year thereafter, demand from the Clerks of the said Courts of Baltimore city and of the Circuit Courts of the several counties said books of registration, and certified copies of the lists of qualified voters directed to be delivered to said offi- cers by said clerks in the preceding section of this act, and said Officers of Registration shall safely keep and protect said books and lists from alteration, mutilation and defacement whilst in their possession.	Demand books of regis- tration ana lists.