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tory described in the second section of this Act, and as to the third precinct
of the twelfth district, he shall deliver two copies of the said poll-books for
said precinct to the judges of election holding the said election in that
part of said precinct which is within the territory described in the first
section of this Act, and the other two he shall deliver to the judges hold-
ing the said election in that part of said precinct which is within the
territory described in the third section of this Act, and as to the fifth
precinct of the twelfth district, he shall deliver two copies of the poll-
books for said precinct to the judges holding said election in that part
of said precinct which is within the territory described in the first section
of this Act, and the other two copies he shall deliver to the judges holding
the election in that part of said precinct which is within the territory
described in the third section of this At. And it shall be the duty of the
Commissioners for whose appointment provision is made in the thirteenth
section of this Act, to cause to be made and printed, separate lists, as to
each of the existing precincts of Baltimore County, of the names of all
the persons on said poll-books who live in each of the several portions of
territory described in the first, second and third sections of this Act, which
lists as to each of said precincts shall be furnished to the judges of elec-
tions of said precinct before the day of election, to assist them in the dis-
charge of the duties of their office, and shall cause the said lists to be
posted aud circulated throughout the precincts to which they respectively
belong, at least five days before the said election.

Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That when any portion of the
territory mentioned in this Act shall have been annexed to the City of
Baltimore under its provisions, the Police Commissioners of Baltimore
City shall proceed forthwith to divide and lay off the same into such num-
ber of precincts as shall in their judgment be best, and having as nearly as
practicable an equal number of qualified voters in each precinct, and
being each as regular in form as is reasonably practicable, designating
the same precincts by numbers, beginning with the number 181; and
when the said precincts have been so laid out, the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore shall divide the said precincts into such numbers of wards as
shall give to each ward, as near as may be practicable, the same number
of inhabitants as are now contained in one of the present wards of the
City of Baltimore; the number of wards so to be created, however, to be
an even number, and said Board of Police Commissioners of Baltimore
City, in laying off eaid precincts, and the said Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, in dividing the same into wards, shall proceed under the
provisions of the Act of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, Chapter 2, so
far as the same shall be applicable, but the times mentioned in said Act
within which the said precincts and wards therein mentioned shall be
laid off, shall not be applicable to the work to be done under this Act.
There shall be elected one member to the First Branch of the City Coun-
cil of Baltimore from each of the said new wards, and one member of the
Second Branch of the City Council of Baltimore shall be elected from