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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

requires ; all elections shall be by ballot, each share of stock

being entitled to one vote, and at such elections and at all

meetings of stockholders, every stockholder shall be entitled

to one vote for every share of stock held by him.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved March 18, 1904.

CHAPTER 121.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 180

of Article i of the Code of Public Local Laws of the State

of Maryland, title "Allegany County," for the purpose of

securing to the residents of said county the right of trial

in the district in which they may reside, or in which the con-

tract has been made, or the alleged violation of law has

taken place.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That Section 180 of Article I of the Code of Public

Local Laws, title "Allegany County," be and the same is here-

by repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read

as follows :

180. It shall not be lawful for any resident of Allegany

Cannot be sued

County to be sued before any justice of the peace of said county

outside of an
election dis-

out of the election district in which he resides, unless the

trict.

contract or cause of action originated in the district wherein

suit is brought ; and it shall not be lawful for any magistrate

to issue a warrant against any resident of said county author-

izing his arrest or to try any such offender after his arrest,

unless the alleged offender shall reside in said election district

or the offense or crime complained of shall have arisen in the

election district for which such justice of the peace has been

appointed; provided, however, that if there be no qualified

justice of the peace in the election district in which the

offender resides or in which the crime or offense arose, then

the justice of the peace of any election district shall have

jurisdiction to issue his warrant for trying such offender in

the manner prescribed by law ; and provided further, that

the qualified justices of the peace of the town of Lonaconing,

Frostburg and Cumberland shall have jurisdiction to try of-

fenses arising in their respective towns, and that upon the