EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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

land, That the box in which the names shall be placed and which

Describing
size of box

shall be used in drawing jurors for Queen Anne's County
hereafter shall not be as described and designed in Section

from which to
draw jurors'
names.

3 of Chapter 618 of the Acts of the General Assembly of

Maryland, but it shall be a box of the length of about thirty

inches, width of about eight inches and depth of about five

inches, to be provided by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for

Queen Anne's County, under the direction of the judge or

judges thereof, and said box shall have its length divided into

seven equal compartments or drawers, extending in length

about the width of said box, which shall be numbered to cor-

respond with the numbers of the respective election districts

of said county, and all other laws inconsistent herewith are

hereby repealed.

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

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 304.

AN ACT to repeal Chapter 627 of the Acts of 1902 and to

re-enact the same so as to read as follows :

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

land, That Chapter 627 of the Acts of 1902 be and the same is

hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :

45A. The County Commissioners of Howard County may

receive sealed proposals for all printing and advertisements

Proposals for
printing, etc.,

necessary for any election held in Howard County, and the

for elections.

proposals shall be opened and read aloud in public by the

County Commissioners, and shall remain on file in their of-

fice and open to the inspection of the public. The contract for

supplying during; the ensuing year the printed notices and

newspaper advertisements shall thereupon be awarded by the

County Commissioners to the lowest responsible bidder for

the same, who shall be required to do the work connected there-

with, and as required by the County Commissioners or the

officers of registration. But should there be no bid for said

printing and advertisements, or should the County Commis-

sioners reject any or all of said bids, which power is hereby

specially given them, then the County Commissioners may

apportion the printing to such paper or papers published in

Howard County as they may be able to contract with; but