EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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sided therein for six months next preceding such election, as

Commissioners of Aberdeen, to serve for two years or until

their successors shall be elected and have qualified; and they

shall receive no pay for their services. The judges of election

shall have access to the tax books of said town for the purpose

Access to tax
books.

of determining the qualification of any voter whose right to

vote is questioned.

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

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 243.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections

209P of Article I and Section 1640 of Article 12 of the

Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany County and Garrett

County respectively, entitled "Mining and Mine Inspector,"

and "Manufacturers and Mines," respectively, sub-title

"Penalties," as the said section was enacted by Chapter 124

of the Acts of 1902, providing for the punishment of viola-

tions of said Acts, and for the jurisdiction of courts and

magistrates in relation to the same.

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

land, That Section 209P of Article I, and Section 164O of

Article 12, as enacted by Chapter 124 of the Acts of 1902, be

and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read

as follows :

209P of Article 1, and 1640 of Article 12. The neglect or

refusal to perform the duties required to be performed by any

Refusal to per-
form certain

section of this Act by parties therein required to perform

duties.

them or the violation of any of the provisions or requirements

hereof, shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall, upon convic-

tion thereof in the Circuit Court of the county wherein the

misdemeanor was committed, or before a justice of. the peace

for such county, be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred

dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not

exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the justice

of the peace or of the court.

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

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 12, 1904.