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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

in said wards duly numbered as aforesaid, and each of said nine

precincts under its own proper number, as the same may bo laid

off by the said board of police commissioners; and after haying

made a careful and exact copy of the same, in two other proper

and suitable books, and after verifying the said original book and

the said two copies under their own signatures, they shall deposit

the original book so containing the boundary of said wards and

the nine precincts in each thereof duly arranged and numbered,

in the clerks office of the superior court of Baltimore city; and

it shall be the duty of the said clerk of the superior court of Bal-

timore city to record the same among the land records of his said

office, and a certified copy of the description or descriptions con-

tained in the said record of the boundary lines of any one or more

of the election precincts therein mentioned and described, shall

be evidence of the boundary or boundaries of such election pre-

cinct or precincts so laid out as aforesaid; and one verified copy

of the said original book so made as aforesaid shall be retained

and always kept in the office of the said board of police commis-

sioners among their records and for the use of the supervisors of

election in said city, and the other copy shall be delivered to the

mayor of the city of Baltimore for the use of the mayor and city

council of Baltimore to be deposited among the records of said

city.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That when the said book

so containing the boundaries and descriptions of the said election

precincts in said ninth, eleventh, twelfth and twentieth wards as

in this act is directed, has been deposited for record in the clerk's

Record.

office of the superior court of Baltimore city, then the said elec-

tion precincts of said ninth, eleventh, twelfth and twentieth

wards as in said book are numbered, described and laid out, shall

thereafter be deemed and taken for all intents and purposes to be

the several election precincts of the said ninth, eleventh, twelfth

and twentieth wards of the city of Baltimore.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of

the board of police commissioners for the city of Baltimore to

complete forthwith the said work of dividing the said election

To com-

precincts of said wards as directed by this act; and to prepare

plete.

the original book showing such election precincts and boundaries

and deposit the same for record and deliver the copies thereof as

herein provided, on or before the first day of May in the year

eighteen hundred and ninety.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the necessary costs

Costs.

incurred in the due execution of this act, shall be paid by the

mayor and city council of Baltimore.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of

acts whether the same be public general acts or public local acts,