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the passing of this Act, or from receiving and collecting the tolls hereto-
fore allowed and established.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more shall be, and hereby are authorized and required, to cause the metes
and bounds described in the first section of this Act, to be forthwith sur-
veyed and distinctly marked, and suitable boundary stones, marked as
boundaries of the said city, to be placed at the beginning and at the ter-
mination of each line; and boundary stones marked as aforesaid, and not
at a greater distance than fifty perches from each other, to be placed on
all the lines which are not in the water, and do not run with some natural
boundary; and that the said Mayor and City Council shall cause two
plots of the said survey to be made and duly certified, one of which to be
returned to, and recorded in, the office of the Clerk of Baltimore County
Court, among the land records of the said county, and the other shall be
returned to, and recorded in, the office of the Mayor of said city, and
copies of the said plots, duly certified by the keepers of the said records
for the time being, respectively, and under their respective seal of office,
shall be admitted as evidence in all courts of justice within the State.
Sec. 4. And be it enacted. That the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more shall cause the precincts of the said city, and that part of Baltimore
County which is by this Act annexed thereto, forthwith to be divided
and laid off into such numbers of new wards as to give to each, as nearly
as may be, the same number of inhabitants with the present wards, respec-
tively, and such division shall from time to time alter and correct as is
provided by law in relation to the present wards; and that for each new
ward there shall be two members of the First Branch of the City Council,
and one member of the Second Branch, which shall be increased in num-
ber accordingly, and one elector of Mayor; all of whom shall be elected
at the same time, and in the same manner, with the electors and members
elected by the present wards, and the like qualification of the voters and
persons elected.
Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That all inhabitants of the precincts and
territory by this Act annexed to the City of Baltimore, being qualified
for members of the House of Delegates of this State, electors of the Senate
of this State, and electors of the President and Vice-President of the
United States, respectively, shall vote in all elections of members of the
House of Delegates of this State, electors of the Senate of this State,
Sheriff of Baltimore County and electors of the President and Vice-Presi-
dent of the United States, for the City of Baltimore, and as part thereof,
and not otherwise; and that for the purpose of holding such elections in
the said city as hereby enlarged, the same shall be forthwith divided into
eight election districts, pursuant to the Act, entitled "An Act to alter and
abolish and repeal, certain parts of the constitution and form of govern-
ment of this State as are therein mentioned"; for the making of which
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