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Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That Patrick McGill, Junior, George Willyard, Col John Thomas, Benjamin West and George Bowlus, of the third election district of the county aforesaid, be, and they are hereby authorised and appointed, or a majority of them, commissioners to lay off and divide anew the third election district, into two election districts, and to number the new election district formed out of the third election district; and to make choice of a place in the said new election district so laid off, at which the elections shall be held, having due regard to the accommodation of persons attendant upon such elections; and the said commissioners shall on or before the third Monday in April, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, deliver to the clerk of Frederick county court, a description in writing under their hands and seals, specifying plainly the boundaries and number of the election districts, so laid off by them; and also, the place where the elections for such districts shall be held; and the said clerk shall record the same in the records of said county. Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the Sheriff of Frederick county shall give notice of the place of holding the election in such election district, so laid off anew, by causing the same to be inserted in one or more newspapers, printed in Frederick county, once a week for at least two months, previous to holding the election in October eighteen hundred and thirty-one. Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That if any of the commissioners named in this act, shall die, remove out of the county, or refuse to accept his appointment before the first day of March eighteen hundred and thirty-one, the remaining commissioners, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and directed to fill such vacancy or vacancies. Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That each commissioner shall be entitled to receive at the rate of two dollars per day, for every day he shall act in the discharge of the duties imposed on him, by the provisions of this act, to be assessed and levied by the levy court of Frederick county, as other county charges are; which said sums, when levied and collected, shall be paid over as other county charges are. Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That if this act shall be confirmed by the General Assembly of Maryland, after the next election of Delegates, during the first session after such new election, as the constitution and form of government directs, in such case, this act, and the alterations herein contained, shall constitute and be considered as a part of the constitution and form of government, to all intents and purposes, any thing therein contained, to the contrary notwithstanding. |
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