1835.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 28

for other reasons set forth in petitions from numerous

and respectable persons, residents of said county,

Therefore :

The county divided into three

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

districts

Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act

Baltimore county shall be divided into three districts,

for the purpose of electing two commissioners for and

from each; that the first shall be composed of the first,

second, third and fifth election districts, which shall

elect two commissioners, and the second shall be com-

posed of the fourth, sixth, ninth and thirteenth election

districts, which shall in like manner elect two com-

missioners, and the third shall be composed of the re-

sidue of the county and also elect two.

Board to consist of six Commission-

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the board of commis-

ers

sioners of Baltimore county shall, from and after the

first Monday in October next, consist of six members,

two of them to be elected by ballot for and from each

district above named and designated for the purpose of

electing commissioners, and that the persons who re-

spectively shall receive the highest number of votes in

the several above named districts, and of which they

Classified and term

shall be residents, shall be entitled to serve two years,

and the person who shall receive the next highest num-

ber shall serve one year, and after the expiration of

his term the vacancy shall be filled by a person to serve

for two years, and annually thereafter the voters of

said county, in their respective districts, shall elect

one commissioner for each of the above named district

for commissioners, in which vacancies shall occur from

time to time when the terms for which they shall be

Vacancies filled

elected shall expire. If at any time any vacancy or

vacancies should take place by death, resignation, re-

moval out of the district, or any other manner what-

ever, the Governor and Council shall fill said vacancy

or vacancies, until the following election, when the

voters of the county shall elect a commissioner or com-

missioners to fill said vacancy or vacancies.

Elections.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the several judges

of election in Baltimore county shall hold and conduct

the elections for commissioners, in the manner provided

in the original act to which this is a supplement.