234 PUBLICATION OF LAWS. [ART. —.

1865, c. 31 adds the following as an article in the Public General Laws under the

above title

1865, c 31 When and where public general laws to take effect before 1 June to be published	SEC. 1. Every public general law, which is made to take effect before the first day of June next, after the session at which it may be passed, shall, immediately after its passage, be published at the expense of the state, daily, for one week, in two daily newspapers of the city of Baltimore, and one newspaper in each county, having the largest circulation, if there be a paper published in said county.
Such public local laws to be published	2. Every public local law made to take effect before the first day of June next, after the session at which it may be passed, shall, immediately after its passage, be published once in each of three successive weeks, in all the newspapers of the respective coun- ties in which it may operate; and in case there is no newspaper published in any county, then in such manner as the county commissioners of said county may direct; and in case any such law is to operate in the city of Baltimore, then once in each week for three successive weeks, in such daily newspapers published in said city, as the mayor thereof, may direct ; and the mayor and city council of Baltimore, and the county commissioners of the several coun- ties, shall provide for payment of the expenses of such publication.
Certified copies of public local laws to be sent to appropriate county com- missioners, &c.. for publication.	3. A certified copy of every public local law made to take effect as aforesaid, shall, immediately after its passage, be transmitted by mail, by the secretary of the senate, (if the same originated in the senate,) and by the chief clerk of the house of dele- gates, (if the same originated in the house of dele- gates,) to the county commissioners of the county or counties in which the same may operate, or to the mayor of the city of Baltimore, if the same is to operate in that city ; and it shall be the duty of the said county commissioners and mayor, upon receipt of such certified copy, to have the same published as provided in the preceding section.