FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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voters of said town be and they are hereby authorized to

To cast a
ballot.

cast a ballot " for the appointment of officers " or " against

the appointment of officers," and if the majority of the votes

cast be "for the appointment of officers," then sections 207

and 237, as by this act repealed and re-enacted, shall be in

full force and effect, but if the majority of votes cast be

" against the appointment of officers," then said sections

207 and 237 as herein repealed and re-enacted shall be of no

effect and said sections shall remain in force as enacted by

the act of 1890, chapter 201, and in that event the mayor

and city council shall immediately order an election for

bailiff and supervisor, to be held on the first Monday in

May, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and it shall be the

duty of the city council to announce the result within three

days thereafter.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective.

from the date of its passage.

Approved March 18th, 1892.

CHAPTER 164.

AN ACT to add additional sections to article VII Code

Public Local Laws, title " Carroll County," sub-title

"Roads," to be designated sections 139, 140, 141, 142,

143 and 144.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That the following additional sections be added

To be

to article VII of the Code of Public Local Laws, title

added.

"Carroll County," sub-title " Roads," to be designated sec-

tions 139, 140, 141, 142, 143 and 144.

SEC. 139. The county commissioners of Carroll County

Commis-

shall, in the month of March, in each and every year after

sioners ot

the passage of this act, appoint three road commissioners in

Carroll
County

each election district of the said county who shall be quali-

to appoint
road com-

fied voters and taxpayers in said election district, and who

missioners

shall have been bona fide resi-dents of the county for at

least two years prior to the appointment, and of whom two

shall be selected from the dominant political party in the

county, and one from the minority party.

SEC. 140. Within twenty days after their appointment,

or as soon thereafter as may be, the said road commis-

Take the

sioners for each election district shall take the oath of office

oath of
office

prescribed by the constitution before the clerk of the Cir-

cuit Court, and shall organize by electing one of their num-