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congressional districts established by law. The precincts of each ward
shall be numbered from one upward, consecutively. The boundaries
of said precincts shall be made known by advertising in one or more
newspapers in said city once a week for two successive weeks before
the first day of July in each year in which such division is made. Such
additional books of registry and such copies of the original books of
registry of the year 1903, as are provided by the said board of super-
visors of elections under the provisions of this section, and the original
books of registry of Baltimore city for the year 1903, shall be used at
the general elections to be held in the city of Baltimore in said years
1904 and 1905.

This section referred to in construing section 127—see note thereto. Brome
v. Dorsey, 99 Md. 608.

1904, art. 33, sec. 125. 1901, ch. 10, sec. 117 A.

127. As soon after the passage of the act of 1901, chapter 10, viz..
April 1, 1901, as shall be reasonably practicable, it shall be the duty of
the boards of supervisors of elections of the several counties to examine,
the boundaries of the several election districts and election precincts in
their respective counties, and whenever, in their judgment and discre-
tion, it shall be expedient for the convenience of the voters to subdivide
any of said election districts or election precincts having a number of
voters in excess of six hundred, they are hereby empowered and author-
ized to make such subdivisions, and to establish the boundaries of such
subdivisions in such way as to facilitate and expedite the casting of
their ballots by the voters thereof, either by a designation of an entirely
new and different polling place, or by providing for two separate polling
places at or near the former polling place. Whenever, in the exercise
of the discretion conferred upon the several boards of supervisors of
elections by this section, they shall subdivide any election district or
election precinct, they shall appoint officers of registration and judges
and clerks of election therefor, as in this article provided, who shall
have all the powers, perform all the duties, be subject to all the respon-
sibilities and be liable to all the penalties prescribed in this article
for officers of registration, judges and clerks of election. All the mem-
bers of the boards of supervisors for the several counties whenever any
such district or precinct is divided, as herein provided, shall sign their
names to the books which contain the names copied from the original
books for such new district, or precinct in the hands of such supervisors.
and shall duly certify that said new books contain all the names of the
persons entitled to vote in such newly established district, or precinct,
such said certificate shall appear on the blank line next following the
last name in each 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. 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, containing the names of all voters already