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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 497.

AN ACT to repeal the act of eighteen hundred and

seventy-two, chapter two hundred and sixty, enti-

tled " an act to repeal section twenty-eight, errone-

ously designated as section thirty-eight in said act

of the Code of Public Local Laws, title 'Prince

George's county,' sub-title 'Bladensburg;'" also

to repeal sections twenty-nine and thirty of the

Code of Public Local Laws, title " Prince George's

county," sub-title "Bladensburg," and to amend

and re-enact the" same.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That the act passed at the January session,

eighteen hundred and seventy-two, chapter two

hundred and sixty, entitled " an act to repeal section

Repealed and

twenty-eight of the Code of Public Local Laws, title

re-enacted.

'Prince George's county,' sub-title ' Bladensburg,' "

and sections twenty-nine and thirty of the Public

Local Laws, title " Prince George's county," sub-

title " Bladensburg," be and the same are hereby

repealed and re-enacted to read as follows :

SEC. 28. Thatall person s who have resided withinthe
village of Bladensburg for twelve months immediately

preceding the day of election, and who are qualified

to vote for Delegates to the General Assembly, shall,

on the first Monday in May, eighteen hundred and

seventy-four, and on the same day and month every

alternate year thereafter, elect, by ballot, five persons

Elect five

to act as commissioners of said village, all of whom

commissioners

shall have resided within said village three years im-

mediately preceding the day of election, and each of

whom shall be the owner, in his own right, of real

or personal estate therein, assessed at not less than

three hundred dollars, and which shall have been as-

sessed in his name, on the assessment books of said

village, at least twelve months preceding the day of

election.

SEC. 29. The commissioners of said village shall

Give notice of
election.

appoint three persons from among the voters thereof,

who shall give at least five days' notice, by posting