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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Directors.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That as soon as the

County Commissioners of Dorchester county, shall

have subscribed, in the name and on behalf of said

county, to the capital stock of said company as afore-

said, the said county shall be entitled to two directors

in the said company, who shall be appointed by the

said County Commissioners, and shall have the same

powers, right, duties and privilege as belong to-

other directors of the said company.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That in the election of

Election of
Directors

directors on the part of the private stockholders, the

stock of Dorchester county shall not be voted, nor

shall the same be counted in ascertaining the

presence of a quorum necessary for such elections.

To be submit-

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That at the next regular

ted to voters

election for members of the House of Delegates, this

act shall be submitted to a vote of the persons legally
qualified to vote at said election for members of the

House of Delegates, and at said election it shall be

lawful for each person qualified to vote as aforesaid,

besides the vote which he may cast for the can-

didates at said election, to cast a separate and distinct

ballot on which shall be written or printed the words,

"for railroad subscription," or the words, " against

Duty of the

railroad subscription," as the case may be; and it

Judges of elec-

shall be the duty of the judges of elections in said

tion

county, to receive said separate ballots, and deposit

the same in boxes different from those in which the

ballots cast for candidates at said election are de-

posited, and the said judges shall accurately count
and duly return to the Clerk of the Circuit Court

of said county, the number of votes cast for railroad

subscription, and the number of votes cast against

railroad subscription ; and the said clerk shall,

within twenty days after the receipt of said returns,

Proclaim remit

announce the result of the said vote by proclamation

inserted in the newspapers published in said county.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted. That this act shall be

To publish

published in the newspapers published in the said

county, for two months proceeding the next election

to be held for members of the House of Delegates,

and shall be subject to the approval of a majority of