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ELECTIONS. [ART. 85.
CONTESTED ELECTIONS.
1865, c. 143 repeals and re-enacts section 52 as follows :
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1805, c 143.
What contested
elections de-
cided by house
of delegates.
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52. All contested elections for comptroller of the
treasury, commissioner of the land office, judges,
clerks of the courts of law, and register of wills, shall
be decided by the house of delegates, and the testi-
mony shall be taken in such cases in the same man-
ner as is herein prescribed in contested seats of the
senate or house of delegates.
In force from June 1, 1865.
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1867, c 11
U S senators,
where to be in-
habitants.
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UNITED STATES SENATORS. (
1367, c. 11 repeals section 74, and enacts the following :
74. In the first election of senator to represent
this state in the senate of the United States, which
shall be held after the first day] of April, in the
year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, the person
elected shall be an inhabitant of the eastern shore
of this state, and one of the senators to be there
after elected, shall always be an inhabitant of the
eastern shore, and the other of the western shore
of this state.
In force from January 24, 1367.
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.
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1862, c. 228 repeals sections 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85 and 86, and substitutes the
following in lieu thereof.
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1802,c 228.
Division of
state Into five
congressional
districts.
First congres-
sional district.
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79. This state shall be divided into five districts
for the choosing of five representatives in the con-
gress of the United States, which shall be numbered
from one to five.
80. The first congressional district shall be com-
posed of Worcester county, Somerset county, Dor-
chester county, Talbot county, Caroline county,
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