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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sion of the General Assembly of Maryland; pro-

vided the same be not otherwise defective for rea-

sons other than the want of jurisdiction, but after

the consummation of the change of boundary

lines as aforesaid, any official act arising from busi-

ness brought before them after such change shall

have reference to Caroline county only and not to

Dorchester county.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That Edw'd E. Goslin

and Henry P. Chambers be and they are hereby

Take census

appointed to take the census of the qualified vo-

ters of Dorchester county residing within the lim-

its defined in section one of this act, and in event

of the death of one the other shall act alone, and

they shall, under oath, to be taken before a justice

of the peace in said district number twelve of

Dorchester county, make a careful list of all male

citizens over the age of twenty-one years and oth-

erwise qualified to vote in said district, who reside

within the limits of the territory defined in section

Return cor-

one of this act, and return two correct copies

rect copies.

thereof to the judges of election of said district

before the aforesaid day of election, who shall

permit all persons whose names shall appear on

said list, and none others, to vote, as prescribed

in section six of this act, and who shall return

said copies, together with their certificates of the

result of the election, one to the Governor of this

State and the other to the Clerk of the Circuit

Court for Dorchester county.

Approved April 10, 1880.