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302 CHARLES COUNTY. [ART. 9.
ELECTIONS.
1870, c. 264 amends 1868, c. 138 [Sup. 1868, p. 307] by adding the following:
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1870, c. 254.
County com-
missioners may
change district
lines on peti-
tion.
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SEC. 40. Sub-Sec. 8. The county commissioners of
Charles county shall have power, upon petition of any
voter or voters of said county interested in a change
of the division lines between the several election dis-
tricts of the county, as laid off under this act, to cor-
rect and change said lines, when in their discretion
such correction and change will contribute to public
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Proviso.
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convenience; provided, three weeks previous notice of
such petition shall have been given in any newspaper
published in said county, or if no newspaper in the
county, by notices set up at the court house door, and
at three public places in the districts to be affected by
such change or changes.
Approved and in force April 4, 1870.
FISH AND TERRAPINS.
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For 1870, o. 61 regulating the time and manner of catching and taking fish and
terrapins in the Potomac river, between Cobb Point and Point Lookout, see public
local laws, Article XVIII, St. Mary's county.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES.
1870, c. 67 repeals sections 60 and re-enacts the same as follows:
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1870. c. 67.
Number in each
district.
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50. There shall be the following number of justices
of the peace and constables in Charles county, to wit:
For election district, number one, one justice of the
peace and two constables; for election district, number
wo, two justices of the peace and two constables; for
election district, number three, three justices of the
peace and two constables; for election district, number
four, two justices of the peace and two constables; for
election district, number five, one justice of the peace
and two constables; for election district, number six,
two justices of the peace and two constables; for elec-
tion district, number seven, one justice of the peace and
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