716 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 511]

letter of the alphabetical list of names in the new book so
transcribed, and such said certificates shall be attested by the
clerk to the respective Boards of Supervisors; and said Boards
of Supervisors shall furnish to the officers of registration and
judges of election appointed by them for such new additional
voting precincts full and complete sets of registry books, con-
taining the names of all voters already registered, duly and
properly arranged for such additional voting precincts, and for
the entering upon such registry books persons entitled to be
newly registered thereon, and the cost of such subdivision and
preparation of proper registry books shall be paid by the County
Commissioners of the counties in which such subdivisions shall
be made upon proper requisitions and vouchers presented by
the Boards of Supervisors of Elections. The boundaries of said
additional precincts established under this section shall be made
known by advertisement in two newspapers in said counties,
once a week for three successive weeks, before the first day
of September in each year, in which such subdivision is made,
said newspapers to be designed as provided in other "cases
under this article where advertisements are required to be made
in at least two newspapers; provided, however, that nothing in
this act shall be construed to alter or change the boundaries
or location of any precinct as now established by the several
Boards of Supervisors of Elections, and all precincts as now
located and laid out or subdivided by the Supervisors of Elec-
tions be and the same are hereby sanctioned, ratified and con-
firmed, provided, however, that nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to prevent the several Boards of Supervisors of Elections
in the counties of this State, with the exception of Wicomico
county, from sub-dividing any district, precinct or precincts in
conformity with the provisions of this act; and provided fur-
ther, that in Wicomico county, the several districts and pre-
cincts as now laid out and located, and the polling places therein
as now located in the said several districts and precincts are
sanctioned, rectified and confirmed and the Board of Super-
visors of Elections shall have no power in said Wicomico
county to sub-divide or re-locate any district or precinct, and
shall have no power to change the location of any polling place
in said county.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1912.