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WICOMICO COUNTY. [ART. 22.

the whole of the assessable property of said town, or
upon the property of persons benefitted thereby.

Before whom
commission-
ers to qualify

20. The commissioners who shall hereafter be
elected, as provided for in the third section of said
article, shall qualify before the clerk of the circuit
court for Wicomico county, and not as provided for in
the fourth section of said article.

Bailiffs.

21. The bailiffs appointed by said commissioners
shall qualify before the clerk of the circuit court of
said county, whose bond shall be approved by the com-
missioners of Wicomico county, and not before a justice
of the peace and the county commissioners, as provided
for in section seven of said article.

In force and approved March 20, 1866.

SLAVE STATISTICS.
1868, c. 254 enacts the following:

1868, c 254
Commissioner
for Wicomico
county

22. There shall be a commissioner of slave statistics
for Wicomico county, who shall be appointed and quali-
fied as prescribed by the act passed at the January ses-
sion, 1867, c. 189, [Sup. 111, ] and be subject to all the
provisions of that act except as to the time of appoint-
ment.

In force and approved March 30, 1868.